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1981; 61:1041-1045.PHYS THER.
Judy Griffin and Gay ReddinLiterature ReviewShoulder Pain in Patients with Hemiplegia : A
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Shou lde r Pa in in P a ti en t s w i t h H e m i p l e g i a
A Li teratu re Review
JUDY GRIFFIN, MS,and GAY REDDIN, BS
T h e p r i m a r y c a u s e o f h e m i p le g i c s h o u l d e r p a in r e m a i n s e l u s i v e , m a k in g p r e v e n
t i o n a n d e f fe c t i ve m a n a g e m e n t d i f fi c u l t . S e v er a l p o s s i b l e ca u s e s a r e d i s c u s s e d ,
s u c h a s p a s s i ve e x e r c i s e , s u b l u x a t io n , a n d s h o u l d e r -h a n d s y n d r o m e . Tr e a t m e n t
c o n s i d e r a ti o n s a n d s u g g e s t i o n s f o r c l in i c a l r es e a r ch a r e p r e s e n t e d .
K e y Wo r d s : Hemipleg ia , Shoulder joint, Pain.
Shoulder pain is a serious and frequent complica
tion in patients with hemiplegia. The incidence has
been reported as high as 70 percent1
and 84 percent2
in patients suffering from a cerebrovascular accident
(CVA). Complaints of pain usually occur when pas
sive m otion is attempted at the shoulder joint, but in
severe cases the patient has pain at rest. Painful,
limited joint range of motion (ROM) interferes with
use of the limb in functional activities and prevents
the patient's full participation in rehabilitation.3
Under normal circumstances, pain-sensitive soft
tissue surrounding the glenohumeral joint (GHJ)—rotator cuff, joint capsule, subacromial bursa, and
biceps brachii tendon—is subject to many stresses.
Gravity provides traction stress, and GHJ flexion and
abduction movements create friction-compression
stress between the humeral head and coracoacromial
liagment.4
Hemiplegia may produce additional
stresses of paralysis, sensory and perceptual deficits,
and abnormal tone. Cailliet has observed that latent
tendinitis and bursitis symptoms may become acti
vated during hemiplegia.5
The primary cause of hem iplegic shoulder pain hasnever been identified. H owever, a variety of causative
agents has been suggested by authorities, including
improper passive movement, spasticity, contractures,
GHJ subluxation, and shoulder-hand syndrome. The
purposes of this article are to review the literature
concerning possible causes of the pain, propose man
agement considerations, and identify areas needing
clinical research.
LITERATURE REVIEW
H a n d l i n g T e c h n i q u e s
Handling of the affected arm, during such activities
as exercise, positioning, and transfers, constitutes a
potential strain upon the GHJ. For complete GHJ
abduction to occur without compression of suprahu-
meral soft tissue, the scapula must upwardly rotateand the humeral head must depress and externally
rotate. During passive exercise, if abduction of the
paralyzed shoulder is performed without attention to
this fact, compression trauma to capsule, bursa, or
tendon may result.4
Persons changing position of the
unconscious patient may inadvertently apply traction
to the flaccid arm, traumatizing periarticular tissue.3
Also, sensory deficits may facilitate rough handling
of the paralyzed arm b y relatives, hospital p ersonnel,
or the patient himself.
Rotator cuff injury has been cited as a cause ofhemiplegic shoulder pain. Using arthrogram studies
with 32 hemiplegic patients, Najenson and associates
found that 40 percent had rupture of the rotator cuff
and that 10 of 11 patients with severe shoulder pain
had rupture of the rotator cuff.2
Non e of the patients
had a history of shoulder dysfunction prior to the
onset of hemiplegia. The precipitating cause of the
rotator cuff tear was identified as forced humeral
abduction without external rotation, although other
possible contributing causes such as subluxation and
aging changes in the rotator cuff were mentioned.
"Especially contraindicated, from our point of view,is the passive abd uction performed in the physiother
apy department by the patients themselves, using
M s. Griffin is Assistant Professor, The University of Tennessee
Center for the Health Sciences, Department of Physical Therapy,
M emphis , TN , and Research Coordinator for Physical Medicine and
Rehabil i tat ion, St . Francis Hospital , 5959 Park Ave, M emphis , T N
38117 (USA ).
M s. Reddin is Senior Physical Therapis t , Stroke Unit and Geri-
atrics , Baptis t M emorial Hosp ital—Lam ar Unit , 1025 E. H. Cru mpBlvd, M emphis , TN 38104.
This article was submitted May 26, 1980, and accepted December
9, 1980.
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pulleys to produce abduction in the glenohumeraljoint through traction with the unaffected arm.
,,2Voss
has also stated that the use of overhead pulleys canproduce shoulder pain.6
Other investigators have implied that physical therapy may contribute to painful, limited shoulder motion. In a long-term study of 107 severely disabledhemiplegic patients receiving physical therapy,
Brocklehurst and associates found that stiff and painful shoulders were present in 21 patients by two weekspostonset and had developed in 37 additional patientsby one year postonset.7 "Disappointingly, painfullimitation of shoulder movement was not affected bythe amount of physiotherapy given or the time atwhich it was started."7 However, there was no controlgroup for comparison in that study, and the severityof joint pain and limitation of motion were not described.
S p a s t i c i t y , F l a c c i d i t y , a n d C o n t r a c t u r e s
Immediately following an upper motor neuron lesion such as a CVA, the affected extremities becomeflaccid in approximately 90 percent of cases.
8Flaccid
ity usually lasts a short time and is replaced by apredictable pattern of spasticity within 12 to 18months.9 In the shoulder girdle, spasticity develops inmuscle groups producing scapular retraction-depression and humeral adduction-internal rotation.9,10
There is wide agreement among experts that suchspasticity interferes with the normal scapulohumeralrhythm necessary during GHJ abduction; therefore,passive elevation of the spastic shoulder causes softtissue compression and pain if proper attention is notgiven to scapular mobilization and humeral externalrotation.9-11
The presence of spasticity increases the likelihoodof contractures.12 Once contractures develop, a cycleis established in which attempts to stretch the contracture cause pain, generating reflex protectivespasm of the contracted muscles and patient apprehension and hostility.11 Consequently, increasingly
greater limitations of passive ROM, reduced activemotion, disuse atrophy, and osteoporosis result.5
Flaccidity and spasticity have each been named asthe cause of hemiplegic shoulder pain. Tobis statesthat the typical clinical picture of hemiplegic shoulderpain includes flaccid, paralyzed, and atrophic shoulder musculature, with GHJ subluxation.13 Conversely, Bobath states that shoulder pain does notbecome a problem until spasticity develops.14 Otherinvestigators have noted that hemiplegic patients withspastic shoulder girdle musculature more frequently
complain of pain than do patients who have flaccidity.1, 15 The relative incidence of flaccidity versus spasticity in patients with hemiplegic shoulder pain is notwell documented in the literature.
S u b l u x a t i o n
The incidence of GHJ subluxation has been reported as high as 81 percent in patients with hemiplegia.2 Many authorities maintain that such GHJmalalignment is the main cause of shoulderpain.
12,13,16,17However, others discount any relation
ship between pain and subluxation. Johnstone states,
"The flaccid or hypotonic hanging shoulder will sublux but this is not a factor to which any undue concernought to be given.,,9 Bobath maintains that subluxation is not painful as long as the scapula is mobile,10
and Mossman suggests that subluxation is harmlessas long as passive ROM is not painful.12
Although several investigators have reported theincidence of GHJ subluxation, few have documentedthe relationship between pain and subluxation. Anexception is Najenson and associates' classical studyof associations among hemiplegic patients' shoulder
pain, rupture of the rotator cuff, and GHJ subluxation. In that study, 25 of the 26 patients with GHJsubluxation also had moderate or severe pain.2 Subluxation would therefore appear to be strongly associated with shoulder pain. According to Tobis, thetraction forces present in GHJ subluxation may contribute to rotator cuff tears.13 All of Najenson andassociates' 13 hemiplegic patients with documentedrupture of the rotator cuff had GHJ malalignment.2
The relationship between GHJ subluxation andabnormal tone is unclear. Miglietta and associates
reported finding no relationship between subluxationand spasticity.16 Many authorities suggest that subluxation is caused by spasticity in muscles that depressthe humerus and downwardly rotate the scapula.5,10
On the other hand, some evidence exists that spasticity may actually reduce subluxation; apparently, hyperactive stretch reflexes can be stimulated by theweight of the unsupported arm during ambulation,causing temporary reduction of subluxation.1819
However, flaccidity may be the characteristic stateduring the subluxation process. According to thisviewpoint, gravitational pull unopposed by flaccid
shoulder musculature produces painful and possiblyirreversible overstretching of superior joint capsuleand supraspinatus muscle.13,16
Subluxation appears to develop in the first fewweeks following hemiplegia. Investigating the relationship of supraspinatus muscle activity to the onsetof GHJ subluxation, Chaco and Wolf performedEMG studies on 40 patients at four- and eight-weekintervals after a CVA.20 All six patients who ultimately developed subluxation had done so withinfour weeks, when the affected arm was flaccid (no
supraspinatus EMG activity). Two of the patientslater developed spasticity but maintained their subluxation. These investigators concluded that the supraspinatus muscle began responding to "loading" of
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the dependent arm when spasticity appeared, and
subluxation did not occur. However, if the superior
capsule had been allowed to become overstretched
when the flaccid supraspinatus muscle could not re
spond to loading, the GHJ subluxation persisted,
even though spasticity and muscle activity later ap
peared. Chaco and Wolf recommended that "... to
avert subluxation of the glenohumeral joint, loading
on the joint should be avoided as long as the affected
limb is flaccid.,,20
Moskow itz and associates suggested
that support of the flaccid shoulder early in manag e
ment can reduce the incidence of subluxation to as
low as 2 to 5 percent.8
Active Motor Funct ion
Severity of motor disability in hemiplegia is appar
ently associated with shoulder pain and subluxation.
Fugl-Meyer and associates found that patients with
poor motor ability in the affected arm tended todevelop joint pain and limited passive motion,
whereas patients who quickly regained motor func
tion did not.21
In one study o f 222 hemiplegic patients,
the incidence of GHJ malalignment was 66 percent
in patients with com plete or severe paralysis but only
16 percent in patients with partial paralysis.17
Mig-
lietta and associates reported that 79% of hemiplegic
patients with subluxation had no active shoulder
motion, whereas only 9 percent of patients without
subluxation had such severe paralysis.16
Whether the
presence of subluxation can actually impede return
of active motion, as has been suggested by Miglietta
and associates,16
and whether shoulder subluxation
and pain can be reversed if active motion later im
proves, cannot be ascertained from available data.
Shoulder-Hand Syndrome
Pain in the hemiplegic arm may in some cases becaused by a reflex neurovascular disorder. A typicalconstellation of symptoms, often referred to as the"shoulder-hand syndrome" or "reflex sympathetic
dystrophy," may materialize after a CVA or a myocardial infarction and is also known to develop following external trauma such as peripheral nerve injury or fracture.
22The proportion of patients who
may be expected to develop the shoulder-hand syndrome following CVA has been estimated at 12.5percent, but the incidence of the undiagnosed condition may be much larger.
23The syndrome can occur
in patients whose upper limbs are flaccid and withoutcontractures.
12
Phases of progression in shoulder-hand syndromewere originally described by Steinbrocker.
24Initially,
the main signs are usually edema of wrist, metacarpophalangeal, and proximal interphalangeal jointsand hot, dry, and red or blotchy skin. The patient
complains of severe pain in the hand or shoulder, or
both, and protectively restricts any movem ent or sen
sory input to the limb. Gradually, muscle atrophy
and trophic changes in skin, connective tissue, and
joints become the major signs, and the hand becomes
cyanotic, cool, and damp. The typical deformity po
sition assumed by the hand is metacarpophalangeal
joint extension and interphalangeal joint flexion, re
sembling the "intrinsic minus hand. , ,5 Symptoms arepresumed to result from reflex stimulation of the
sympathetic nerve supply by an irritative focus or
from interference with autonomic nervous system
control by the cerebral lesion.25
Although the signs and symptoms of shoulder-hand
syndrome can develop suddenly, they may begin
slowly and insidiously, going unrecognized until
changes are irreversible. Early signs of joint swelling
may be dismissed as dependent edema. Complaints
of severe pain and hyperesthesia and the patient's
refusal to move the wrist, fingers, and shoulder maybe dismissed as emotional lability, depression, or
organic brain syndrome, when in fact the patient's
emotional disorder appeared after, not before, signs
of painful restricted motion.22
The existence of a
shoulder-hand syndrome in the upper limb is incom
patible with the rehabilitation goals of increased mo
bility and function of the upper limb.
Management Considerations
Vigorous painful stretching of the affected shoulder
should be avoided. All persons managing the patient
(including family) should be instructed in proper
handling techniques and in the dangers of pulling on
the affected arm. Prior to, and during, passive or
assistive elevation of the affected shoulder, methods
should be used to reduce spasticity, and attention
should b e directed toward scapular mobilization and
humeral external rotation during shoulder abduction.
Techniques for accomplishing such mobilization are
described by Bob ath,10
Johnstone,9
and Brunnstrom.11
Because traumatic soft tissue compression can occur
with passive humeral abduction, therapists shouldcaution against passive abduction greater than 90
degrees and shou ld direct treatment goals toward full
shoulder external rotation and flexion. Shoulder pu l
leys do not provide adequate scapular rotation and
humeral external rotation and should no t be used as
a means of passive elevation of the affected arm.
All possible efforts should be undertaken to prevent
GHJ subluxation in the first few weeks after onset of
hemiplegia, when the upper limb is flaccid. The most
effective w ay to prevent subluxation has not yet be en
established, although opinions abound in the litera
ture. Shoulder slings have been condem ned for inter
fering with body image, immobilizing the arm, rein
forcing flexor tone, impairing postural support, and
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impeding normal gait.6
Many question whether slings
prevent subluxation: Friedland states that "there is
no need to support a painfree shoulder in order to
prevent or correct subluxation since the sling does n ot
prevent, improve, cure or reduce such a deformity."19
In one study comparing a small group of new hemi-
plegic patients using a sling with a control group, no
appreciable difference in GHJ subluxation was found
to exist.26 Slings other than the traditional type havebeen described and alternatives, such as lapboards
and arm rests fitted to the wheelchair, have been
used .10 ,12 ,27
How ever, the effectiveness o f any of these
methods in preventing subluxation has yet to be
established.
Inasmuch as degree of paralysis seems related to
GHJ subluxation and pain, therapists should vigor
ously employ methods to improve active motion in
the affected shoulder. Such methods are described by
several authorities.5,9-11
However, a causal relation
ship between use of these techniques and improve
ment in neuromuscular function has not been docu
mented, as observed by Friedland.19
Many authorities believe the most effective treat
ment of the shoulder-hand syndrome is a sympathetic
block followed by intensive physical therapy.22,28
Ap
parently, the decreased pain following interruption of
sympathetic function permits increased use of the
limb with resultant increased sensory input from mus
cle contraction and joint motion.28
Success has also
been reported using a combination of corticosteroids
and physical therapy. Davis and associates reported
complete resolution of symptoms within three weeks
in 68 hemiplegic patients with early signs of shou lder-
hand syndrome, using a combination of oral steroids,
a sling, and exercise preceded by heat or cold.23
All
authorities concur that the best response to treatment
occurs when symptoms are recognized and treated
early. The type o f physical therapy for shoulder-hand
syndrome described in the literature includes proce
dures to overload sensory input and to desensitize,
such as the application of continuous cold or heat
treatments (up to eight hours a day), deep strokingand kneading massage, and vigorous active and pas
sive exercise.29
Any procedures that increase the pa
tient's pain should be avoided, inasmuch as pain
encourages immobilization. The use of transcutane
ous electrical nerve stimulation has been reported
effective in the treatment of reflex sympathetic dys
trophy.30
'31
CONCLUSIONS
In patients with hem iplegia, pain and limited shou l
der joint ROM tend to occur together and constitute
a significant problem. Although a blend of factors,such as contracture, poor motor function, and im
mobilization, may be responsible, GHJ subluxation
seems highly suspect as a cause, and all possible
efforts should be made to prevent subluxation when
the limb is flaccid. Forced passive stretching of the
shoulder into abduction can traumatize the rotator
cuff and bursae and is contraindicated, especially if
external rotation is limited or if spasticity is present.
Improper exercise technique and subluxation may
both contribute to the apparently high incidence of
rotator cuff lesions in hemiplegic patients. Shoulder-hand syndrome is treatable if recognized early but
leads to irreversible pathophysiological changes if
unrecognized. Preventive management by therapists
aware of shoulder biomechanics and the deficits sus
tained by the hemiplegic patient should help elimi
nate the problem of the painful upper extremity.
When pain does occur, a thorough evaluation by the
therapist and early treatment are essential.
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