BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE Psychological factors are assumed to predict persistent or recurrent musculoskeletal pain. The influence of psychological factors in patients with low-back pain (LBP) or shoulder pain was explored to study whether there is similarity regarding the factors that predict persisting pain and disability. METHODS Patients presenting in primary care with a new episode of sho...

background: to explain the role of arthroscopic release in intractable frozen shoulders. we used different questionnaires and measuring tools to understand whether arthroscopic release is the superior modality to treat patients with intractable frozen shoulders. methods: between 2007 and 2013, in a prospective study, we enrolled 80 patients (52 females and 28 males) with recalcitrant frozen sho...

BACKGROUND Ultrasound is increasingly used to evaluate shoulder pain, but the benefits of this are unclear. In this study, we examined whether ultrasound-defined pathologies have implications for clinical outcomes. METHODS We extracted reported pathologies from 3000 ultrasound scans of people with shoulder pain referred from primary care. In latent class analysis (LCA), we identified whether ...

OBJECTIVE To study the prevalence of hand pain and hand disability in an open population, and the contribution of their potential determinants. METHODS Baseline data were used from 7983 participants in the Rotterdam study (a population based study in people aged > or =55 years). A home interview was used to determine the presence of hand pain during the previous month, rheumatoid arthritis, o...

STUDY DESIGN Retrospective cohort study. OBJECTIVES To describe the clinical outcomes following outpatient physical therapy for postoperative rehabilitation in 4 categories of shoulder surgery. Furthermore, we sought to determine if differences in outcomes between genders existed. BACKGROUND Improving the quality of care for patients following shoulder surgery requires an understanding of t...

The objective of this study was to analyze the safety and results of intra-operative SAN (spinal accessary nerve) monitoring during selective neck dissection, with emphasis on shoulder syndrome. Twenty-five consecutive patients with head and neck cancer were studied. Selective neck dissection was performed by a single clinical fellow under the supervision of the department chief using an intra-...