ArticleJSES international2022
Frozen shoulder after COVID-19 vaccination.
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- Pooled it
- Shoulder Injury Related to Vaccine Administration (SIRVA) After COVID-19 Vaccination: A Retrospective Study.Cureus · 2025Article
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- Frozen shoulder after COVID-19 vaccination versus idiopathic frozen shoulder: similar clinical features and functional improvement at 1-year follow-up.JSES reviews, reports, and techniques · 2024Article
- Authors' response-how are vaccines related to frozen shoulder development?JSES international · 2024Article
- Letter to the editor regarding: "Frozen shoulder after COVID-19 vaccination".JSES international · 2024Article
- Analysis of patients with adhesive capsulitis after COVID-19 vaccination: An observational study.Turkish journal of physical medicine and rehabilitation · 2023Article
- The incidence of adhesive capsulitis and COVID-19 pandemic effect.JSES international · 2023Article
- Acute myopericarditis and left shoulder capsulitis following second dose of mRNA SARS-CoV-2 Moderna vaccination.BMJ case reports · 2023Article
- Atypical progress of frozen shoulder after COVID-19 vaccination: A case report.World journal of clinical cases · 2023Article
- Shoulder Injury Related to Vaccine Administration (SIRVA) in 16 Patients Following COVID-19 Vaccination Who Presented to Chiropractic, Orthopedic, and Physiotherapy Clinics in Hong Kong During 2021.Medical science monitor : international medical journal of experimental and clinical research · 2022Observational
- What Should We Do after the COVID-19 Vaccination? Vaccine-Associated Diseases and Precautionary Measures against Adverse Reactions.Vaccines · 2022Review
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Abstract
Background: The data on frozen shoulder and shoulder injury related to vaccine administration (SIRVA) after coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) vaccination are absent from the literature. Hence, the purpose of this case series was to describe the clinical presentation and short-term follow-up of patients who developed frozen shoulder after COVID-19 vaccination. Methods: In the present study, 10 patients (9 women and 1 man) with a mean age of 53 ± 8 years (range, 43-68 years) who presented to the shoulder surgeon's practice center with painful stiffness of the shoulder after COVID-19 vaccination between June 1 and September 30, 2021, were retrospectively evaluated. Results: All 10 patients had normal radiographs and were diagnosed as frozen shoulder. Eight patients (80%) had a comorbidity during presentation (4 patients with hypothyroidism, 3 patients with diabetes mellitus, and 1 patient with prediabetes/hyperglycemia). Symptoms developed immediately after the vaccination in 6 patients (60%), at 48 hours in 1 patient (10%), and at 10 days in 3 patients (30%). The mean pain visual analog scale score was 6.5 ± 1.9 (range, 2.5-8), and both active and passive range of motion were limited in all the patients at the time of presentation. Conclusion: The musculoskeletal specialists who will see such patients with painful shoulder stiffness should be aware of the frozen shoulder diagnosis, which can occur after COVID-19 vaccination, so that such patients can be identified and treated early.
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