Chile
Research Article
Prevalence of Scapular Dyskinesis in Patients with Distal Radius Fracture with or without Shoulder Pain
Author(s): Héctor Gutiérrez-Espinoza, Cristian Olguín-Huerta, Jonathan Zavala-González, David Rubio-Oyarzún, Felipe Araya-Quintanilla, Mario Rios-Riquelme and Nicolle Valenzuela-BrionesHéctor Gutiérrez-Espinoza, Cristian Olguín-Huerta, Jonathan Zavala-González, David Rubio-Oyarzún, Felipe Araya-Quintanilla, Mario Rios-Riquelme and Nicolle Valenzuela-Briones
Objective: To describe prevalence of scapular dyskinesis (SD) in adult patients with distal radius fractures (DRF).
Material and methods: The current cross-sectional study was conducted at the San Borja Arriaran Clinical Hospital. 180 patients with a type an extra-articular DRF, according to the AO classification, were recruited. The presence of SD was evaluated with the yes/no dynamic test based on visual criteria, and the clinical diagnosis of shoulder pain was performed by orthopedic surgeon.
Results: The prevalence of SD is shown in 80% of all patients with DRF, this value increases to 90.9% in group of patients with associated shoulder pain. The odds ratio was 10 with a 95% CI: 4.1-24.8 (p=0.0000).
Conclusions: The prevalence of SD is shown in 80% of all patients with DRF; this value.. Read More»
DOI:
10.4172/2573-0312.1000140
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