Elder Care: A Resource for Interprofessional Providers: Pain When Reaching Overhead-Four Shoulder Problems in Older Adults

Elder Care: A Resource for Interprofessional Providers: Pain When Reaching Overhead-Four Shoulder Problems in Older Adults
University of Arizona College of Medicine
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Product ID: 20619

Abstract: 

Pain When Reaching Overhead: Four Common Shoulder Problems in Older Adults is one of a continuing series of practical, evidence based, Provider Fact Sheets which summarize key geriatric topics and provide clinically useful assessments and interventions. Initially developed for remote, rural clinical sites,  they are useful for students and health care professionals from many fields and across a very broad range of health care settings.

Estimated time to complete: 
30 minutes

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Educational objectives: 
Objectives:
1. List four common shoulder problems seen in older adults that present with pain when reaching overhead with the arms
2. State the key examination findings for each of those four shoulder problems
3. Order appropriate imaging for patients suspected of having any of the four problems
Additional information/Special implementation requirements or guidelines: 
Subscribers to POGOe are free to reprint Elder Care on their own stationery or in other publications without obtaining specific permission, so long as
(1) content is not changed, 
(2) no one is charged a fee to use or read the publication, 
(3) authors and their affiliated institutions are noted without change, and 
(4) the reprint includes the following statement: “Reprinted courtesy of the Arizona Reynolds Program of Applied Geriatrics and the Arizona Geriatric Education Center."
Publications from, presentations from, and/or citations to this product: 
The Elder Care provider sheets are occasionally published in the Arizona Geriatrics Society Journal, which is published twice yearly.

Nelson, D. and Medina-Walpole, A. (2010, December), Elder care provider fact sheets. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, 58(12), 2414-2415. Also available online.

Date posted: 
Mon, 12/07/2009
Date last updated: 
Thu, 12/16/2010
CME credits available: 
No
Has this product been peer reviewed?: 
No
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Contact person/corresponding author: 
Dr. Barry Weiss (bdweiss@email.arizona.edu)
Authors: 
Dr. Peter Millett
Dr. Barry Weiss
NLM Citation:
Millett, P and Weiss, B. Elder Care: A Resource for Interprofessional Providers: Pain When Reaching Overhead-Four Shoulder Problems in Older Adults. POGOe - Portal of Geriatric Online Education; 2009 Available from: http://www.pogoe.org/productid/20619
APA Citation:
Millett, P and Weiss, B. (2009). Elder Care: A Resource for Interprofessional Providers: Pain When Reaching Overhead-Four Shoulder Problems in Older Adults. POGOe - Portal of Geriatric Online Education. Retrieved February 05, 2012 from http://www.pogoe.org/productid/20619