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 .
Pulsed radiofrequency versus conventional transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation in painful shoulder: a prospective, randomized study
Objective : To compare the efficacy of pulse radiofrequency applied to the suprascapular nerve with the efficacy of conventional transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation treatment in patients with shoulder pain . Design : A r and omized , controlled trial . Setting : An outpatient physical therapy and rehabilitation clinic . Subjects : Forty patients with shoulder pain lasting at least three months were included in the study . Subjects were r and omly allocated into either a pulsed radiofrequency treatment or a conventional transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation treatment . All patients received exercise therapy . Main measurements : Outcome measurements were performed using the visual analogue scale for pain and range of motion ; the Shoulder Pain and Disability Index was used for disability ; and the Short Form-36 was used to establish quality of life . All of the measurements were assessed at four points in time ( before the intervention , and for 1 , 4 and 12 weeks afterwards ) . Results : When the groups were compared , no significant difference was found between the groups in terms of visual analogue scale , range of motion , the Shoulder Pain and Disability Index ( except for the Shoulder Pain and Disability Index total score ) , Short Form-36 subscores , and paracetamol consumption for all weeks ( P > 0.05 ) . Conclusion : Our results showed that there is no difference in effect between transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation and pulsed radiofrequency treatment for shoulder pain
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 .