shoulder impingement syndrome
Conditions
Interventions
This study does not focus on the results of an intervention, but is a reliability study of the classification of schouldercomplaints according to the Dutch College of General Practitioners guidelines
Sponsors
EMGO+/VUmc te Amsterdam
Eligibility
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: Pain in the shouldergirdle, with or without radiation into the arm; Age above 17 years; Accepting the consequences of participation at the study.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: Recently operated at the shoulder (<3 months); Recently fractured the shouldergirdle (<3 months); Cervico-radicular syndrome; (Suspected) severe diseases as malignities; Reumatic diseases as polymyalgia rheumatica, artritis rheumatica, lupus erythematosis or fibromyalgia; Neurologic disease with negative consequences for the shoulder (as CVA, MS, Parkinson); Pathology of organs with negative consequences for the shoulder; Demented; Psychiatric diseases; Insufficient understanding of the Dutch language
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| 1. The interrater reliability of the classification of schouldercomplaints according to the Dutch College of General Practitioners guidelines, 2. The interrater reliability of clinical shouldertests, 3. The interrater reliability for 3 stages of tissue irritability | — |
Contacts
Public ContactAdri Apeldoorn
Noordwest Ziekenhuisgroep
Outcome results
None listed