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Diseases » Shoulder injury » Summary
 

What is Shoulder injury?

What is Shoulder injury?

  • Shoulder injury: Any injury to the shoulder.

Shoulder injury: Introduction

Types of Shoulder injury:

Broader types of Shoulder injury:

What causes Shoulder injury?

Causes of Shoulder injury: see causes of Shoulder injury

What are the symptoms of Shoulder injury?

Symptoms of Shoulder injury: see symptoms of Shoulder injury

Shoulder injury: Testing

Diagnostic testing: see tests for Shoulder injury.

Misdiagnosis: see misdiagnosis and Shoulder injury.

How is it treated?

Treatments for Shoulder injury: see treatments for Shoulder injury
Research for Shoulder injury: see research for Shoulder injury

Society issues for Shoulder injury


Hospitalization statistics for Shoulder injury: The following are statistics from various sources about hospitalizations and Shoulder injury:

  • 0.24% (30,305) of hospital episodes were for injuries to shoulder and upper arm in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
  • 87% of hospital consultations for injuries to shoulder and upper arm required hospital admission in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
  • 47% of hospital episodes for injuries to shoulder and upper arm were for men in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
  • 53% of hospital episodes for injuries to shoulder and upper arm were in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
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Organs Affected by Shoulder injury:

Organs and body systems related to Shoulder injury include:

Name of Shoulder injury

Main name of condition: Shoulder injury

Research the causes of these diseases that are similar to, or related to, Shoulder injury:

  • Scapular winging
  • Scapulohumeral rhythm
  • Adhesive capsulitis
  • Dropping of the arm
  • Scapula rotators
  • Drop-arm test
  • Neer impingement test
  • Hawkins-Kennedy impingement test
  • Apprehension test
  • Relocation test
  • Intrinsic tendinopathy

 » Next page: Online Medical Textbooks for Shoulder injury

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