Shoulder pain: can one label satisfy everyone and everything?

Others suggest the label of 'rotator cuff disease', 4 which might cover rotator cuff-related shoulder pain, 5 but these labels fail to take into account many other structures that possibly contribute to shoulder pain of the subacromial space, like the labrum or the biceps complex. [...]sin...

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Published inBritish journal of sports medicine Vol. 51; no. 5; pp. 416 - 417
Main Authors Cools, Ann M, Michener, Lori A
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published England BMJ Publishing Group LTD 01.03.2017
Subjects
Decision making
Humans
Labeling
Pain
Pain Measurement
Patients
Physical Therapy Modalities
Range of Motion, Articular
Researchers
Shoulder
Shoulder - anatomy & histology
Shoulder Joint - anatomy & histology
Shoulder Pain - classification
Shoulder Pain - diagnosis
Sports Medicine - standards
Shoulder
Diagnosis
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Summary:Others suggest the label of 'rotator cuff disease', 4 which might cover rotator cuff-related shoulder pain, 5 but these labels fail to take into account many other structures that possibly contribute to shoulder pain of the subacromial space, like the labrum or the biceps complex. [...]since many rotator cuff tears seem to be asymptomatic, it is likely inappropriate to attribute shoulder pain to structural damage of the cuff. [...]the labels 'anterolateral shoulder pain' and 'shoulder pain of unknown aetiology' have been advocated.
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ISSN:0306-3674
1473-0480
DOI:10.1136/bjsports-2016-096772