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Case of the Week: 71M Shoulder Pain & Limited Mobility case of the week glenohumeral joint glenohumeral joint osteoarthritis osteoarthritis shoulder arthritis shoulder pain

Age/Sex: 71 y/o Male

CC:  Severe right shoulder pain 

HPI: 71 y/o, RHD, male presents with severe right shoulder pain. The patient stated that this is a chronic problem that has progressively worsen...

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Classification Systems for Arthritic Glenoid Bone Loss antuna and seebauer classification classification systems glenohumeral joint osteoarthritis glenoid bone loss

There are multiple classification systems for glenoid bone loss, including:

Walch Classification

The Walch Classification is a widely used system for categorizing glenoid morphology in glenohumeral ...

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Epidemiology of Glenohumeral Joint Osteoarthritis epidemiology glenohumeral joint osteoarthritis shoulder osteoarthritis

The glenohumeral joint is the third most common large joint to be affected following the knee and hip.1

Population-based studies have demonstrated that 16.1%–20.1% of adults older than 65 years have ...

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Acute Rehabilitation Following Traumatic Anterior Shoulder Dislocation: The ARTISAN Trial advice physiotherapy rehabilitation shoulder instability traumatic anterior shoulder dislocation tubs

The ARTISAN trial investigated rehabilitation strategies for traumatic anterior shoulder dislocation. 482 patients were randomized to receive either advice only or advice plus additional physiotherapy...

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Adhesive Capsulitis: Historical Definitions adhesive capsulitis frozen shoulder historical definitions shoulder pain

Shoulder stiffness is a general term encompassing a spectrum of pathology. The first recorded description of a stiff shoulder was reported by Duplay2 in 1872 in his description of a ‘scapulohumeral pe...

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Quiz Question of the Week: Fibroblastic proliferation of the joint capsule adhesive capsulitis frozen shoulder quiz question of the week

Quiz Question of the Week

1. Which of the following types of shoulder pain patients is most likely to have a fibroblastic proliferation of their joint capsule?

A. 69-year-old woman with ulnar drift ...

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Classifications for Adhesive Capsulitis adhesive capsulitis classification frozen shoulder shoulder pain

Frozen Shoulder: Lundberg Classification (Lundberg et al., 1969)

  1. Primary frozen shoulder:
  • Shoulder elevation <135 deg
  • Limitation of movement only at gleno-humeral articulation
  • Radiology nor...
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Scapulothoracic Motion frozen shoulder range of motion scapulothoracic motion

Scapulothoracic Motion

The classic study by Inman et al. describes the overall glenohumeral-to-scapulothoracic motion ratio at 2:1.1 However, there is great variability from person to person, sex and...

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Case of the Week: 49 y/o Male: Atraumatic & Stiff Shoulder adhesive capsulitis case of the week frozen shoulder glenohumeral joint osteoarthritis shoulder pain

49 y/o Male: Atraumatic & Stiff Shoulder

CC: 49 y/o male with 4 month atraumatic stiff right shoulder without pain.

HPI: 49 y/o male, advertising executive, with a 4 month history atraumatic stiff r...

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Quiz Question of the Week: Rotator Cuff & Impingement arthroscopic subacromial decompression quiz question of the week shoulder pain subacromial impingement surgery
  1. Arthroscopic subacromial decompression with acromioplasty has lower subjective satisfaction scores in which patient population?
    1. Age >65
    2. Workers’ compensation
    3. Dominant arm
    4. Diabetics
    5. Smokers
    ...
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What is Subacromial Impingement? impingement rotator cuff related pain rotator cuff tendinopathy shoulder pain subacromial impingement subacromial pain syndrome

The diagnosis of impingement is an umbrella term to describe the mechanism of shoulder pain that stems from the structures under the subacromial arch and coracohumeral ligament. It’s a broad term. Som...

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