Open AccessPersistent Shoulder Pain After Vaccine Administration Is Associated with Common Incidental Pathology: A Systematic Review
Author(s) -
Erik Slette,
Mitchell Rohrback,
David Ring
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
clinical orthopaedics and related research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.178
H-Index - 204
eISSN - 1528-1132
pISSN - 0009-921X
DOI - 10.1097/corr.0000000000002191
Subject(s) - medicine , capsulitis , rotator cuff , bursitis , tendinopathy , vaccination , rotator cuff injury , physical therapy , medline , tendonitis , surgery , pathology , tendon , range of motion , political science , law
Claims of shoulder injury now account for half of all claims to the Vaccine Injury Compensation Program. Reports from databases of claims or potential adverse events note a relatively high mean age and high prevalences of rotator cuff tendinopathy and adhesive capsulitis-common shoulder problems that might be incidental to vaccination. Published case reports provide much more detail about individual patients than is available in databases. A review of published cases provides an opportunity for more detailed review of symptoms, diagnoses, pathology, treatment, and prognosis. Such a review can better assess the relative likelihood that pathologies associated with new persistent shoulder symptoms after vaccination are coincidental or unique to and caused by vaccine.