Kelle, Bayram Çukurova Üniversitesi - Tıp Fakültesi Fiziksel Tıp ve Rehabilitasyon, Turkey , İnan, Selen Çukurova Üniversitesi - Tıp Fakültesi - Fiziksel Tıp ve Rehabilitasyon Anabilim Dalı, Turkey

Demographic and Clinical Outcomes of the Patients with Shoulder Pain

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Purpose: Localized shoulder pain is one of the most important pathologies of musculoskeletal system. A prevalence study has revealed that it is the third most common pathology among the locomotor system diseases. The aim of this study was to evaluate the statistical results of the demographic and clinical information regarding patients, who applied to our clinic with shoulder pain. Methods: Information of 68 patients with shoulder pain, who were registered in the first 6 months of 2011 to our Physical medicine and rehabilitation Clinique were examined. Patients demographic data and information regarding their complaints were obtained (e.g. duration, diagnosis, treatment, and so on.) and statistical analyses were performed on these findings. Results: Totally findings of 42 patients were obtained. The majority of patients were female, who were housewives. A large proportion of complaints were chronic with multiple diagnoses. Almost all patients received combined treatments. Conclusion: Even though our findings are in accordance with the literature, the low sampling size was a significant limitation.

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Shoulder pain , demographic data , clinical data

Cukurova Medical Journal

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