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 .
Assessment of proprioceptive exercises in the treatment of rotator cuff disorders in nursing professionals: a randomized controlled clinical trial.
BACKGROUND Shoulder pain in nursing professionals may lead to limitations in occupational and daily activities and consequently interfere with quality of life . OBJECTIVE To compare the effects of two physical therapy programs which differed in the proprioceptive exercises used on the nursing professionals with rotator cuff disorder , according to quality of life , work satisfaction indicators , and pain intensity . METHOD This study was an experimental , r and omized , prospect i ve , comparative trial with quantitative data analysis . The data sampling was carried out between the months of June 2010 and July 2011 by means of a question naire containing socio-demographic and professional information , the Western Ontario Rotator Cuff Index ( WORC ) , the Occupational Stress Indicator ( OSI ) , and the Visual Numeric Scale ( VNS ) . Based on r and omization , subjects were divided into two groups . Group 1 ( control ) was su bmi tted to stretching and strengthening exercises and cryotherapy . Group 2 ( experimental ) was treated with the same protocol as the control group , with the addition of proprioception exercises . The data was analyzed by means of the Statistical Package for the Social Science version 16.0 for Windows . RESULTS After physical therapy intervention , significant reduction in pain levels occurred in both groups , with a significant improvement in quality of life for Group 2 . No changes were observed in the work satisfaction indicators after the two types of physical therapy interventions . CONCLUSIONS The proprioceptive exercises were important in the treatment of musculoskeletal disorders , however the results did not allow us to determine which treatment was the most effective as there was no significant difference between groups
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 .