Paraplegia and the shoulder

摘要: Among consumers, families, therapists, physicians, and other rehabilitation professionals, there has been an increasing interest in shoulder pain associated with spinal cord injury. These disorders primarily affect the soft tissues, including tendons (eg, rotator cuff tendonitis bicipital tendinitis), muscles myalgias myofascial syndromes), bursae. Disorders of bone joints also have osteoporosis osteoarthritis acromioclavicular glenohumeral joints). This article addresses historical context, epidemiology, pathophysiology,diagnosis, prevention, treatment as it relates to patients