Akbari A1 1. Assistant Professor, Department of Physiotherapy, Faculty of Medicine, Zahedan University of Medical Sciences Abstract Background: Shoulder pain is the third most prevalent cause of musculoskeletal disorder after low back and cervical pains. Most of the shoulder symptoms are attributed to the rotator cuff. The objective of this study was to compare the effects of low-power ...

Motorcycles have become a mean of transportation in our rural and urban area Nigeria. This cross sectional study was conducted Abeokuta Ogun State to assess the work-related musculoskeletal disorders (WRMSDs) among motorcyclist between October 2021 January 2022 using snowball techniques. A structured modified Nordic Musculoskeletal disorder questionnaire (SNMQ) administered four hundred fifty (...

The case presented here describes a 26 year old female, with no significant past medical history, experiencing, over a period of two months, pains located at the level of the proximal part of the right humerus radiating to the shoulder. She was afebrile and without any further deterioration. Clinical examination showed swelling of the external face of the left arm, painful to palpation, without...

Case report A man aged 67 years was admitted to hospital in January 1971 giving a history of sudden paralysis, in his right leg, which had occurred 10 days previously; this had been followed by gradual paralysis in his left leg. He had been incontinent of urine for 3 days. Recently he had lost 2 stone in weight, and had developed pains in his right shoulder. He worked in the dockyards of Portsm...

Compressive lesions of the suprascapular nerve produce weakness and atrophy of the supra- and infraspinatus muscles and a poorly defined aching pain along the posterior aspect of the shoulder joint and the adjacent scapula. Entrapment neuropathy of the suprascapular nerve is fairly common whereas tumorous lesions are rare; among the latter ganglion cysts are frequently seen. An isolated solitar...