Underlying pathology and associated factors of hemiplegic shoulder pain

American Journal of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Volumn 90, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 768-780

  Kalichman, Leonid ^a   Ratmansky, Motti ^b,c  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^b LOEWENSTEIN REHABILITATION HOSPITAL   (Israel)

^c TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Etiology; Hemiplegic Shoulder Pain; Risk Factors; Stroke

Indexed keywords

AGE; BURSITIS; COMORBIDITY; COMPLEX REGIONAL PAIN SYNDROME; HEMIPLEGIA; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; INJURY; MUSCLE TONE; MYOFASCIAL PAIN; NERVE COMPRESSION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERCEPTION DISORDER; PHYSIOLOGY; PREVALENCE; REVIEW; ROTATOR CUFF; RUPTURE; SENSORY DYSFUNCTION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SHOULDER; SHOULDER DISLOCATION; SHOULDER PAIN; SPASTICITY; STROKE; TENDINITIS; TIME;

AGE FACTORS; BURSITIS; COMORBIDITY; COMPLEX REGIONAL PAIN SYNDROMES; HEMIPLEGIA; HUMANS; MUSCLE SPASTICITY; MUSCLE TONUS; MYOFASCIAL PAIN SYNDROMES; NERVE COMPRESSION SYNDROMES; PERCEPTUAL DISORDERS; PREVALENCE; ROTATOR CUFF; RUPTURE; SENSATION DISORDERS; SEX FACTORS; SHOULDER DISLOCATION; SHOULDER JOINT; SHOULDER PAIN; STROKE; TENDINOPATHY; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 80051791149     PISSN: 08949115     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PHM.0b013e318214e976     Document Type: Review

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