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Welcome To The Journal Of Evolution And Health, Aaron Blaisdell, Paul Jaminet, David C. Pendergrass
Welcome To The Journal Of Evolution And Health, Aaron Blaisdell, Paul Jaminet, David C. Pendergrass
Aaron P Blaisdell
Welcome to the first issue of the Journal of Evolution and Health! The Journal of Evolution and Health is the peer-reviewed, open-access journal of the Ancestral Health Society, a community of scientists, healthcare professionals, and laypersons who collaborate to understand health challenges from an evolutionary perspective.
Shoulder Pain In Primary Care: Diagnostic Accuracy Of Clinical Examination Tests For Non-Traumatic Acromioclavicular Joint Pain, Angela Cadogan, Peter Mcnair, Mark Laslett, Wayne Hing
Shoulder Pain In Primary Care: Diagnostic Accuracy Of Clinical Examination Tests For Non-Traumatic Acromioclavicular Joint Pain, Angela Cadogan, Peter Mcnair, Mark Laslett, Wayne Hing
Wayne Hing
Background: Despite numerous methodological flaws in previous study designs and the lack of validation in primary care populations, clinical tests for identifying acromioclavicular joint (ACJ) pain are widely utilised without concern for such issues. The aim of this study was to estimate the diagnostic accuracy of traditional ACJ tests and to compare their accuracy with other clinical examination features for identifying a predominant ACJ pain source in a primary care cohort. Methods: Consecutive patients with shoulder pain were recruited prospectively from primary health care clinics. Following a standardised clinical examination and diagnostic injection into the subacromial bursa, all participants received …