Shoulder Pain and Subluxation After Stroke: Correlation or Coincidence?

Author:

Zorowitz Richard D.1,Hughes Mary B.2,Idank David3,Ikai Tetsuo4,Johnston Mark V.5

Affiliation:

1. Richard D. Zorowitz, MD, is Director, Stroke Rehabilitation, and Assistant Professor, Rehabilitation Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, 5 West Gates, 3400 Spruce Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104–4283

2. Mary B. Hughes, OTR, is Clinical Specialist, Department of Occupational Therapy, Kessler Institute for Rehabilitation, East Orange, New Jersey

3. David Idank, DO, is Resident Physician, Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey-New Jersey Medical School, Newark, New Jersey

4. Tetsuo Ikai, MD, is Assistant Professor, Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Jikei University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan

5. Mark V. Johnston, PhD, is Director, Outcomes Research, Kessler Institute for Rehabilitation, West Orange, New Jersey, and Assistant Professor, Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey-New Jersey Medical School, Newark, New Jersey

Abstract

Abstract Objective. Few studies have concomitantly examined shoulder subluxation and other potential causes of shoulder pain in persons who have had a stroke. This study explores whether shoulder pain after stroke is related to shoulder subluxation, age, limitations in shoulder range of motion, and upper extremity motor impairment. Method. Shoulder pain was measured with a visual analog scale in 20 subjects admitted to a rehabilitation hospital within 6 weeks of onset of their first stroke. Degree of shoulder pain was correlated with vertical, horizontal, and total asymmetries of glenohumeral subluxation; age; shoulder flexion, abduction, and external rotation; and the upper extremity subscore of the Fugl-Meyer Motor Assessment. Results. Shoulder pain after stroke was not correlated with age (rk = .019, P = .916); vertical (rk = .081, P = .324), horizontal (rk = .126, P = .241), or total asymmetry (rk = −.098, p =.288); shoulder flexion (rk = .049, p = .390) or abduction (rk = −.074, p = .337); or Fugl-Meyer scores (rk= −.123, P = .257). In contrast, shoulder pain was strongly correlated with degree of shoulder external rotation (rk = −.457, P = .006). Conclusion. These results do not support a strong relationship between shoulder subluxation and pain after stroke. Appropriate precautions should be taken to prevent range of motion limitations that may result in shoulder pain.

Publisher

AOTA Press

Subject

Occupational Therapy

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