title: The shoulder girdle in ankylosing spondylitis.
abstract: We report the clinical findings in the shoulders of fifty-two patients who had ankylosing spondylitis. The three major patterns that were found included limitation of scapulothoracic motion (forty-one patients), acute inflammatory arthropathy of the sternoclavicular or acromioclavicular joint (six patients), and severe restriction of glenohumeral motion (five patients). Although radiographic abnormalities were common, they correlated with the clinical findings in only minor respects.
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of Hong Kong, Duchess of Kent Children's Hospital.
authors.forename: R J
authors.initials: RJ
authors.lastname: Emery
authors.forename: E K
authors.initials: EK
authors.lastname: Ho
authors.forename: J C
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Leong
mesh_terms: D000173:Acromioclavicular Joint / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000503:physiopathology; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011859:Radiography; D016059:Range of Motion, Articular; D012782:Shoulder / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D012785:Shoulder Joint / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000503:physiopathology; D013167:Spondylitis, Ankylosing / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000503:physiopathology; D013247:Sternoclavicular Joint / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000503:physiopathology