Disease relevance of Shoulder Joint

• Synovial tissue excised from the unstable right shoulder joint of a patient with an absent rotator cuff, severe glenohumeral joint degeneration, and hydroxyapatite-containing microspherules, collagen types I, II, and III, active collagenase, and neutral protease in the joint fluid showed extensive osteochondromatosis histologically [1].
• One hundred consecutive patients admitted to an acute geriatric unit were examined for evidence of peripheral arthritis with recognised criteria used to define osteoarthritis, rheumatoid arthritis, pyrophosphate arthropathy, gout, and disorders of the shoulder joint [2].
• Transient postoperative aphonia following instillation of bupivacaine into the shoulder joint [3].
• Contributing factors of shoulder joint contractures and coagulation abnormalities were associated with the course and treatment of rheumatoid arthritis [4].
• We reported two Tc-99m(V) DMSA scintigrams in patients with idiopathic synovial chondromatosis which affected the metacarpo-phalangeal joint and shoulder joint [5].

Psychiatry related information on Shoulder Joint

• In both studies, the FSHD patients showed significantly larger values for all parameters except the flexion of shoulder joint and reaction time, compared with controls before the ML task [6].

High impact information on Shoulder Joint

• OBJECTIVE: To determine the role of ultrasound and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) compared with conventional radiography in the detection of chronic and acute inflammatory manifestations of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) of the shoulder joint [7].
• Sulfate was found in 2 of the shoulder joint fluid specimens [8].
• Static changes of the shoulder joint from 30 degrees adduction (ANT) to 30 degrees abduction (POST) in the horizontal plane reduce the gain of the input--output relationship of the corticospinal pathway to the abductor digiti minimi (ADM) muscle [F. Ginanneschi et al. (2005)Exp. Brain Res., 161, 374--382] [9].
• Surgical anesthesia (loss of pinprick sensation from C4 to C7 and motor block of the shoulder joint) was achieved later with 0.5% ropivacaine than with either 0.75% ropivacaine or 2% mepivacaine (P < 0.05), whereas the first pain medication was requested later with both ropivacaine concentrations than with mepivacaine (P < 0.0005) [10].
• The retrograde intraaxonal transport of fluorescent dyes (10% Bisbenzimide or 2% Nuclear Yellow) was used to identify the motoneuron populations that control two prime movers of the rat shoulder joint, the acromiodeltoid (Ad) and spinodeltoid (Sd) muscles [11].

Biological context of Shoulder Joint

• Atlantoaxial disorders in rheumatoid arthritis associate with the destruction of peripheral and shoulder joints, and decreased bone mineral density [12].
• Anatomical and mechanical derangements, and possible biological reactions following phagocytosis of hydroxyapatite crystals, may have contributed to the persistent hemorrhage in the shoulder joints [13].
• RESULTS: Task quality and efficiency during endoscopic suturing, were significantly better with the ball and rocker handle needle drivers than with the finger loop instrument, with lower angular velocity at the elbow and shoulder joints, more pronation, and less supination [14].

Anatomical context of Shoulder Joint

• We report a unilateral hypoglossal nerve paralysis following the use of a laryngeal mask airway in a 62-year-old woman with rheumatoid arthritis undergoing a shoulder joint replacement [15].
• Medical treatment, consisting of injection of methylprednisolone acetate into the biceps tendon and its synovial sheath, was attempted in 21 of the 29 affected shoulder joints [16].
• Origin of the calcitonin gene-related peptide-immunoreactive nerve fibers in the rat shoulder joint [17].
• Nerve origin was assessed by injection of a neuronal tracer (WGA-HRP) into the shoulder joint cavity and calcitonin gene-related peptide (CGRP), which is known to be present in some sensory neurons, was detected immunohistochemically with an anti-CGRP antibody [18].
• Radiation synovectomy (RSIN) with radionuclide combination (N) was performed in 135 patients with rheumatoid arthritis or 417 joints: 155 knee joints (90Y), 230 MCF or PIF joints (169Er), 17 ankle, 7 wrist, 6 elbow and 2 shoulder joints (186Re) [19].

Associations of Shoulder Joint with chemical compounds

• Apatite, lipid, and cholesterol crystals in the shoulder joint effusions were a potential source of diagnostic confusion [20].
• METHODS: Thirty-two patients, age 19-62 years, ASA I and II, scheduled for shoulder joint surgery, were assigned to receive an i.v. infusion of either adenosine, 80 micrograms.kg-1.min-1, or placebo, during the surgical procedure [21].
• The shoulder capsule and labrum of Japanese macaque monkeys were studied immunohistochemically with the use of antisera against protein gene product 9.5 (PGP 9.5), calcitonin gene-related peptide (CGRP), and substance P (SP) to further characterize the innervation of the supporting structures of the shoulder joint [22].
• Firstly, it was shown in pendulum tests of pig shoulder joints that both concentration of hyaluronic acid or viscosity and adsorbed film formation of proteins and phospholipids exerted a significant effect on frictional behaviour in swinging motion immediately after a loading of 100 N [23].
• CONCLUSION: A peroperative infusion of a low dose of adenosine during shoulder joint surgery may reduce the peroperative isoflurane requirement [21].

Gene context of Shoulder Joint

• In the present study, the plasma concentrations of L1 were analysed during shoulder-joint surgery in 16 patients with adult or juvenile RA [24].
• A man with longstanding systemic lupus erythematosus who developed anterior dislocation of both shoulder joints is described [25].
• Sympathetic and sensory innervation of the rat shoulder joint: a WGA-HRP tracing and CGRP immunohistochemical study [18].
• The follow-up and the pathological findings of a previously described case of non-myelomatous monoclonal gammopathy with relapsing localized amyloid masses of the shoulder joints are reported [26].
• The purpose of this study was to demonstrate the macroscopic and MRI anatomy of the fasciculus obliquus, otherwise known as the ligamentum glenohumerale spirale or spiral GHL of the anterior shoulder joint capsule [27].

Analytical, diagnostic and therapeutic context of Shoulder Joint

• Arthrodesis of the shoulder joint in rheumatoid arthritis [28].

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