Shoulder‐Hand Syndrome: Importance of Early Diagnosis and Treatment
- 1 February 1981
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in Journal of the American Geriatrics Society
- Vol. 29 (2) , 58-60
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1532-5415.1981.tb01228.x
Abstract
If the shoulder‐hand syndrome is left without special care, it may lead to severe painful disabilities of the upper extremity. Early recognition of the clinical signs and symptoms and aggressive total care are essential for successful treatment and for the prevention of severe flexion contractures of the hand and shoulder, especially in patients whose symptoms have developed after a cerebrovascular accident. An outline is given of the treatment modalities (corticosteroids, physiotherapy and mechanical devices) used at the Institute for Rehabilitation Medicine (NYU) for obtaining maximum function of the involved upper extremity.This publication has 9 references indexed in Scilit:
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