ArticleRevista brasileira de ortopedia2021
Shoulder Injury after Vaccination: A Systematic Review.
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- Pooled it
- Proximal Humerus Osteomyelitis After Influenza Vaccination Administration.Journal of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons. Global research & reviews · 2026Article
- Shoulder Injury Related to Vaccine Administration (SIRVA) After COVID-19 Vaccination: A Retrospective Study.Cureus · 2025Article
- Sliding-Window CNN + Channel-Time Attention Transformer Network Trained with Inertial Measurement Units and Surface Electromyography Data for the Prediction of Muscle Activation and Motion Dynamics Leveraging IMU-Only Wearables for Home-Based Shoulder Rehabilitation.Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Analysis of patients with adhesive capsulitis after COVID-19 vaccination: An observational study.Turkish journal of physical medicine and rehabilitation · 2023Article
- Adhesive capsulitis following COVID-19 vaccination: a case report and review of literature.Journal of surgical case reports · 2023Article
- Image-derived instrumentation vs. conventional instrumentation with 3D planning for glenoid component placement in reverse total shoulder replacements: a randomized controlled trial.JSES international · 2023Article
- Adhesive Capsulitis Secondary to COVID-19 Vaccination - A Case Series.Malaysian orthopaedic journal · 2023Article
- Myositis unrelated to the inoculation site after COVID-19 vaccination: a case report.Clinics in shoulder and elbow · 2023Article
- Acute myopericarditis and left shoulder capsulitis following second dose of mRNA SARS-CoV-2 Moderna vaccination.BMJ case reports · 2023Article
- Shoulder Injury Related to Vaccine Administration: Case Series.Revista brasileira de ortopedia · 2023Article
- Frozen shoulder after COVID-19 vaccination.JSES international · 2022Article
- Shoulder Injury Related to Vaccine Administration Following Misplaced SARS-CoV-2 Vaccination: A Case Report and Review of Literature.Journal of orthopaedic case reports · 2022Article
- Prolonged shoulder dysfunction after coronavirus disease vaccination: A case of shoulder injury related to vaccine administration.SAGE open medical case reports · 2022Article
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Abstract
Adverse reactions to vaccine injections are usually mild and incredibly rare in nature, but multiple cases of shoulder events including bursitis, generalized pain or decreased range of motion have been reported following routine vaccine administrations. These events are known as Shoulder Injury Related to Vaccine Administration or SIRVA. A systematic review of literature was performed to identify all published accounts of SIRVA. Twenty-seven papers reporting one or more accounts of SIRVA were identified. The most common vaccination involved was the Influenza vaccine. The most common symptoms were pain that began in 48 hours or less and loss of shoulder range of motion. The most common treatment modalities were physical therapy, corticosteroid injections and anti-inflammatory medication; but in some patients, surgery was required. Regardless of intervention, the vast majority of outcomes demonstrated improved pain and functional except in the occasions of nerve injury. The etiology of SIRVA injuries has multiple possibilities including needle length, mechanical injury from needle overpenetration and the possibility of an immune inflammatory response from the vaccine components, but a unique definitive test or quantifiably result does not yet exist.
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