title: MRI findings in the painful hemiplegic shoulder.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To evaluate the magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) findings in painful hemiplegic shoulder (PHS) in hemiplegic post-stroke patients.
  
  
  METHODS
  Patients with hemiplegia following their first cerebrovascular accident who were admitted to the Sarah Network of Hospitals for Rehabilitation were studied. Forty-five patients with pain in the hemiplegic shoulder and 23 post-stroke patients without shoulder pain were investigated. MRI and radiographic findings of the hemiplegic and contralateral asymptomatic shoulders were evaluated.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Some MRI findings were more frequent in PHS group, including synovial capsule thickening, synovial capsule enhancement, and enhancement in the rotator cuff interval.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Adhesive capsulitis was found to be a possible cause of PHS.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Sarah Network of Hospitals for Rehabilitation, Av. Juscelino Kubitschek 4500, Fortaleza, Brazil. dgtavora@gmail.com
authors.forename: D G F
authors.initials: DG
authors.lastname: Távora
authors.forename: R L
authors.initials: RL
authors.lastname: Gama
authors.forename: R C
authors.initials: RC
authors.lastname: Bomfim
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Nakayama
authors.forename: C E P
authors.initials: CE
authors.lastname: Silva
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D006429:Hemiplegia / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D017746:Joint Capsule / Q000473:pathology*; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging / Q000379:methods*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012785:Shoulder Joint / Q000473:pathology*; D020069:Shoulder Pain / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology; D020521:Stroke / Q000150:complications*