The Clinical Research of Pain Characteristics of Subacromial Impingement Syndrome
SU Jiang-hua
ZHANG Peng
QIN Xing
Abstract：Objective To describe the pain patterns of subacromial impingement syndrome ( SAIS) and establish the semeiology basis for diagnosis. Methods 39 patients were diagnosed as having SAIS in our hospital between October 2008 and December 2012, and their pain characteristics were analyzed by using assessment charts. Results The pain assessment charts were completed in all 39 patients, and the results showed 24 patients with knife-stabbing and shooting pains in anterior shoulder, 21 with dull pains and ache in upper arm, 11 with dull pains and ache in the positions below the elbow, and 1 with needle like pains and numbness in the back of the hands. Statistical analysis results showed that locations of pain were closely related to pain nature (chi-square=14. 679, P=0. 005, Pearson contingency coefficient=0. 836), pain visual analog scale score in these patients was 8. 04±2. 35, and distribution number was (7. 27 ±0. 83) subregions. Conclusion Pain assess-ment charts can reveal the pain features of SAIS, and provide semeiology basis for clinical diagnosis.
Keywords：Subacromial impingement syndromePainDiagnosis
Publication Date：2014-01-01
Online Publishing Date：2025-08-15(First online date of this platform, not the publication date of the document)
Pages：4( 78-81 )