TY - JOUR ID - TI - Post Stroke Shoulder Pain Problem AU - Zeki Nooh Hassan PY - 2006 VL - 5 IS - 2 SP - 172 EP - 176 JO - Iraqi Postgraduate Medical Journal المجلة العراقية للاختصاصات الطبية SN - 83601608 98932708 AB - ABSTRACT:BACKGROUND:Shoulder pain is one of the complications that happened in patient suffered of hemiplagia our aim is tostudy this problem in hemiplegics patients due to strokeMETHODS:56 patients affected by different types of stroke were enrolled in this study , each patient wasexamined by neurologist , CT scan then done and referred to a consultant rheumatologist at alkindihospital for assessment of his shoulder area , the patient then investigated thoroughly for his or hershoulder painRESULTS AND CONCLUSION :The study showed high correlation between shoulder pain and older age patients, aphasia, corticalsensory defectsThe study showed that the frozen shoulder is the commonest cause of post stroke shoulder pain

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