Open AccessA Viewpoint on Clinical Approach towards Assessment of Chronic Shoulder Pain
Author(s) -
Muhammad Shahid Khan,
Denny Lie,
Andrew Tan Hwee Chye,
Wael Azzam
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
journal of rawalpindi medical college/journal rawalpindi medical college
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1683-3570
pISSN - 1683-3562
DOI - 10.37939/jrmc.v25i4.1814
Subject(s) - medicine , range of motion , physical medicine and rehabilitation , physical examination , shoulder joint , physical therapy , affect (linguistics) , intensive care medicine , psychology , surgery , communication
The shoulder joint offers a wide range of motion and therefore pathologies leading to restriction of its movements affect the routinely performed activities. Symptoms of the shoulder pathologies are often overlapping and usually are not specific to certain pathology. However, as discussed in this manuscript, with a targeted history, still a diagnostic algorithm can be made which can then be further guided by related clinical examination and appropriate investigations to conclude a diagnosis.