What are the causes of shoulder pain?
- Periarticular causes: 90-95%
- Rotator cuff lesions: 65%
- Pericapsular soft tissue: 11%
- Acromioclavicular joint pain: 10%
- Originating from the cervical region: 5%
– diseases of the rotator cuff and adjacent structures
– diseases of the glenohumeral joint
– referred pain that is a symptom of a distant pathology
Intrinsic Causes
Rotator cuff lesions Subacromial impingement, rotator cuff tendonitis and tears, calcific tendonitis.
Frozen shoulder
Biceps tendon lesions
Glenohumeral instability
Degenerative joint disease
Arthritis
Avascular necrosis
Fractures
Tumors
Extrinsic Causes
Cervical radiculopathy
Brachial neuritis and brachial plexus injury
Thoracic outlet syndrome
Shoulder pain of cardiac origin
Shoulder pain of abdominal origin
Tumor
Polymyalgia rheumatica
Fibromyalgia and myofascial pain syndromes
Functional Anatomy
Korakohumeral Ligaman
