Persistent shoulder pain in the first 6 months after stroke: Results of a prospective cohort study

Abstract

Roosink M, Renzenbrink GJ, Buitenweg JR, Van Dongen RT, Geurts AC, IJzerman MJ. Persistent shoulder pain in the first 6 months after stroke: results of a prospective cohort study. Objective: To identify factors associated with persistent poststroke shoulder pain (pPSSP) in the first 6 months after stroke. Design: Prospective inception cohort study. Setting: Stroke units of 2 teaching hospitals. Participants: Patients (N=31) with a clinical diagnosis of stroke. Interventions: Not applicable. Main Outcome Measures: The development of pPSSP within the first 6 months after stroke. Clinical assessment of motor, somatosensory, cognitive, emotional, and autonomic functions, undertaken within 2 week..