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 subacromial impingement syndrome of the shoulder treated by conventional physiotherapy, self-training, and a shoulder brace: results of a prospective, randomized study.
This prospect i ve , r and omized trial was performed to compare the results of treating subacromial impingement syndrome of the shoulder by a guided self-training program with the treatment by conventional physiotherapy or a functional brace .  Sixty patients with the diagnosis of an outlet impingement syndrome of the shoulder ( Neer I and II ) were treated either by strengthening the depressors of the humeral head with a guided self-training program , by conventional physiotherapy , or by wearing a functional brace . The Constant-Murley score was assessed after 6 and 12 weeks . Shoulder pain was monitored with a visual analog scale . All three groups showed a significant improvement in shoulder function as well as a significant reduction in pain . There were no statistically significant differences among the groups . Guided self-training can lead to results similar to those of conventional physiotherapy . The comparable effect of the functional brace remains unclear and might be explained by an influence on proprioception
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 .