Wheelchair user's shoulder? Shoulder pain in patients with spinal cord lesions.

摘要: A questionnaire was circulated to the 708 members of Spinal Cord Injuries Association in 1976. The response rate 79.5%. Over one half (51.4%) respondents suffered from shoulder pain, an incidence excess any age group a control population derived general practitioner's register. which related particularly wheelchair usage and other attendant factors such as transfers, some instances clearly shoulder, whereas others it more likely be cervical root pain. implication these findings are discussed.