Iraqi Postgraduate Medical Journal

Abstract

ABSTRACT:
BACKGROUND:
Shoulder pain is one of the complications that happened in patient suffered of hemiplagia our aim is to
study this problem in hemiplegics patients due to stroke
METHODS:
56 patients affected by different types of stroke were enrolled in this study , each patient was
examined by neurologist , CT scan then done and referred to a consultant rheumatologist at alkindi
hospital for assessment of his shoulder area , the patient then investigated thoroughly for his or her
shoulder pain
RESULTS AND CONCLUSION :
The study showed high correlation between shoulder pain and older age patients, aphasia, cortical
sensory defects
The study showed that the frozen shoulder is the commonest cause of post stroke shoulder pain