ArticleBrazilian journal of physical therapy
Post-stroke shoulder pain subtypes classifying criteria: towards a more specific assessment and improved physical therapeutic care.
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- Relationship between stroke injury sites and incidence of post-stroke pain: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Systematic reviews · 2025Pooled it
- Upper extremity pain after stroke: a systematic review and meta-analysis on primary prevention.European journal of physical and rehabilitation medicine · 2025Pooled it
- Robotic-Assisted Rehabilitation for Post-Stroke Shoulder Pain: A Systematic Review.Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Pooled it
- Investigation into the Effectiveness of Combining Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation and Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulation as Treatment Options for Poststroke Shoulder Pain by Utilizing Functional Near-Infrared Spectroscopy.Therapeutics and clinical risk management · 2023Trial
- Effects of Adding a Floss-Band Procedure with Additional Active Shoulder Movement to Conventional Physiotherapy in Selected Patients with Chronic Hemiplegic Shoulder Pain: A Randomized Controlled Trial.Journal of clinical medicine · 2026Article
- A Retrospective Clinical Analysis of Pain and Spasticity Outcomes Following Gravity-Support Exoskeleton Therapy in Chronic Stroke.Journal of clinical medicine · 2026Article
- Effects of ultrasound-guided nerve hydro-dissection on severe post stroke shoulder pain: a pilot study.Frontiers in rehabilitation sciences · 2026Article
- Alterations in proximal shoulder muscles in stroke-related pain: a myotonometric study.Irish journal of medical science · 2025Observational
- Development of repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation for central poststroke pain: A review.Medicine · 2025Review
- Association of post-stroke hemiplegic shoulder pain with sleep quality, mood, and quality of life.Health and quality of life outcomes · 2025Article
- Reliability and utility of ultrasound imaging assessment methods for shoulder subluxation in patients with stroke.Journal of physical therapy science · 2025Article
- The mechanism and effect of repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation for post-stroke pain.Frontiers in molecular neuroscience · 2022Review
- Research Hotspots and Frontiers in Post Stroke Pain: A Bibliometric Analysis Study.Frontiers in molecular neuroscience · 2022Article
- Arthroscopic capsular release for the treatment of post-stroke frozen shoulder: A protocol for systematic review.Medicine · 2020Article
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Abstract
backgroundPost-stroke Shoulder Pain (PSSP) is a common stroke-related syndrome that prolongs hospitalization and diminishes quality of life. PSSP studies were unsuccessful in clarifying pathophysiological mechanisms. Therefore, cohort's studies with greater variety of the sample and larger follow-up period could provide additional clinical data and may improve medical care.
objectiveTo classify people with PSSP and identify intergroup clinical differences, providing additional data useful for therapeutic care planning.
methodsOne thousand individuals with stroke were selected from all levels of one health Area and followed up during one year. Demographic data, stroke clinical characteristics, stroke-related symptoms and rehabilitation parameters were collected. The shoulder muscle impairment was used to group participants into three clinical profiles: severe muscular impairment, moderate muscular impairment and low muscular impairment groups.
resultsA total of 119 individuals were diagnosed with PSSP. The suggested classification criteria showed two groups that differed significantly in relation to the onset and duration of PSSP, presence of sensory and speech impairment, and spasticity. The outcomes did not firmly support the existence of a third suggested PSSP subtype.
conclusionsPSSP may vary in onset, clinical manifestations, severity and syndrome duration. These results highlight the course of different clinical profiles and require multidisciplinary management approaches.
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