In many instances , no or minimal attempts to screen were undertaken or reported .
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 .
Progressive resistance training in patients with shoulder impingement syndrome: a randomized controlled trial.
OBJECTIVE To assess pain , function , quality of life , and muscle strength in patients with shoulder impingement syndrome who participated in muscle strengthening exercises .  METHODS A total of 60 patients diagnosed with shoulder impingement syndrome were selected from the clinics of the Federal University of São Paulo and r and omly distributed into experimental and control groups . Patients were evaluated regarding pain , function , quality of life , muscle strength , and the number of antiinflammatory drugs and analgesics taken . Patients then participated in the progressive resistance training program for the musculature of the shoulder , which was held twice a week for 2 months , while the control group remained on a waiting list . RESULTS Sixty patients were r and omly allocated to the experimental group ( 21 women and 9 men , mean age 56.3 years ) and control group ( 25 women and 5 men , mean age 54.8 years ) . Patients from the experimental group showed an improvement from 4.2 cm to 2.4 cm on a 10-cm visual analog scale ( P < 0.001 ) regarding pain at rest and from 7.4 cm to 5.2 cm ( P < 0.001 ) regarding pain during movement . Function went from 44.0 to 33.2 ( P < 0.007 ) using the Disabilities of the Arm , Shoulder , and H and assessment and domains from the Short Form 36 . There was a statistically significant difference in improvement in pain and function between patients in the experimental group and those in the control group ( P < 0.05 ) . CONCLUSION The progressive resistance training program for the musculature of the shoulder in patients with shoulder impingement syndrome was effective in reducing pain and improving function and quality of life
In many instances , no or minimal attempts to screen were undertaken or reported .
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 .