title: Clinical differential diagnosis of shoulder pain.
abstract: Shoulder pain may arise from a number of different structures, as well as from different pathologies within the shoulder itself. This article aims to provide a guide to clinical differential diagnosis and functional assessment.
authors.affiliation: Regional Rehabilitation Unit, Northwick Park Hospital, Harrow, Middlesex.
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Turner-Stokes
mesh_terms: D000203:Activities of Daily Living; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D010146:Pain / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology / Q000503:physiopathology; D010808:Physical Examination; D016059:Range of Motion, Articular; D012782:Shoulder; D012785:Shoulder Joint