The Rational Clinical Examination
David L. Simel, Drummond Rennie
Shoulder Instability
Catherine P. Kaminetzky, David L. Simel, Jolanda J. Luime
Make the Diagnosis: Shoulder Instability
Topics Discussed:
criterion standard comparisons (diagnostic tests), likelihood ratio, make the diagnosis, prior probability, shoulder dislocations, shoulder instability
Excerpt:
"There are no adequate data for assessing the prevalence of these
conditions among patients with shoulder discomfort because the existing data
come only from patients undergoing surgery or arthroscopy. The incidence
of shoulder discomfort is 0.9% to 2.5%. However,
because shoulder pain can be chronic, the prevalence at a single
point in time is 6.9% to 26%...."
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