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The Secondary Frozen Shouler: Case Presentation And Literature Review, Kuen-Lin Wu, Shu-Yeh Sheu, Chorng-Song Chou, Horng-Jeng Shyn, Tao-Chang Hsu

Rehabilitation Practice and Science

Capsular tightening at the shoulder is a common disorder, usually referred to as frozen of cases seen by physiatrist are those in which no specific cause can be determined for the stiffening. It may also be a sequela of other diseases, such as stroke, fracture, malignancy, etc. We present four cases of secondary frozen shoulder without conspicuous etiology. The case 1 and 2 had the underlined malignancy. The case 3 and 4 suffered from fracture of forearm and painful sensation over the shoulder joint due to traffic accident. The first impression was secondary frozen shoulder due to proloned immobilization. However, …