Shoulder involvement in hemiplesia
Bulletin of Alexandria Faculty of Medicine. 1983; 19 (1): 239-43
in English
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ABSTRACT
Ninety-three adult hemiplegic patients secondary to cerebral thrombo-embolic manifestations were followed to determine the frequency of the different types of shoulder involvement. Painful shoulder was present in 44% of the cases, shoulder hand syndrome in 18.7% and brachial plexus lesion in 5.4%. There was no sex influence on the development of such complication, similarly, the side of hemiplegia did not affect their rate of occurrence. Most of shoulder complications [90.5%] took place in severely spastic patients. Painful shoulder conditions continued to occur irrespective of the duration of hemiplegia, while it seems that shoulder hand syndrome ceased to develop after 5-6 months from onset of hemiplegia
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IMEMR (Eastern Mediterranean)
Main subject:
Shoulder
Language:
English
Journal:
Bull. Alex. Fac. Med.
Year:
1983
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