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 .
The clinical efficacy of kinesio tape for shoulder pain: a randomized, double-blinded, clinical trial.
STUDY DESIGN Prospect i ve , r and omized , double-blinded , clinical trial using a repeated- measures design . OBJECTIVES To determine the short-term clinical efficacy of Kinesio Tape ( KT ) when applied to college students with shoulder pain , as compared to a sham tape application . BACKGROUND Tape is commonly used as an adjunct for treatment and prevention of musculoskeletal injuries . A majority of tape applications that are reported in the literature involve nonstretch tape . The KT method has gained significant popularity in recent years , but there is a paucity of evidence on its use . METHODS AND MEASURES Forty-two subjects clinical ly diagnosed with rotator cuff tendonitis/impingement were r and omly assigned to 1 of 2 groups : therapeutic KT group or sham KT group . Subjects wore the tape for 2 consecutive 3-day intervals . Self-reported pain and disability and pain-free active ranges of motion ( ROM ) were measured at multiple intervals to assess for differences between groups . RESULTS The therapeutic KT group showed immediate improvement in pain-free shoulder abduction ( mean + /- SD increase , 16.9 degrees + /- 23.2 degrees ; P = .005 ) after tape application . No other differences between groups regarding ROM , pain , or disability scores at any time interval were found . CONCLUSION KT may be of some assistance to clinicians in improving pain-free active ROM immediately after tape application for patients with shoulder pain . Utilization of KT for decreasing pain intensity or disability for young patients with suspected shoulder tendonitis/impingement is not supported . LEVEL OF EVIDENCE Therapy , level 1b-
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 .