We studied 100 fresh human shoulders in cadavers (mean age 76 years), and the range of passive abduction (RPA) in 100 volunteers with normal shoulders and in 90 patients with instability of the joint, over a period of six years. The anatomical and clinical findings showed that passive abduction occurs within the glenohumeral joint only, is controlled by the inferior glenohumeral
We reviewed 166 adult patients on long-term haemodialysis, dividing them into three groups according to the presence and type of shoulder pain. The 24 patients in group A, with spontaneous pain related to a supine posture, had been under haemodialysis for significantly longer than the others, and had a much higher incidence of carpal tunnel syndrome. Open or arthroscopic resection of the coracoacromial