Screening of the cervical spine in subacromial shoulder pain: A systematic review.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Subacromial shoulder pain is a common clinical presentation with much diagnostic uncertainty. Some of this uncertainty relates to the involvement of the cervical spine as a source or contribution to subacromial shoulder pain. Currently, there is no accepted method of screening of the cervical spine in the presence of subacromial shoulder pain, which risks patients receiving misguided and/or ineffective interventions.

Objective

To evaluate approaches used to screen the cervical spine in patients with subacromial shoulder pain.

Design

Systematic review of randomized controlled trials.

Methods

Electronic searches of PEDro and MEDLINE to December 2016 were conducted. Randomized controlled trials evaluating the effectiveness of interventions within the cu

SUBMITTER: Walker T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6620799 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature