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kevin reese wrote: > > Dear All > > What is a frozen shoulder ?. Regards Kevin Reese PT UK Some of you with long memories may remember that about a yeaar ago I posted a request on behalf of some staff in our department who were looking at guidelines for frozen shoulder. I have also had one or two enquiries since then as to progress. The question, "What is a frozen shoulder", led to the eventual abandonment of any attempt to put together guidelines. Even when we narrowed it down to "supraspinatus tendinitis", "capsulitis" and other structure-specific labels, there was still so much variation between definitions that it was impossible to adequately compare trials and come up with any conclusion as to current best practice. I think it will be impossible to come up with the definitive best practice in management of frozen shoulder etc etc until everyone is agreed on a common definition. Does anyone know if there are any working parties looking at internationally agreed definitions, or are we always going to be in the dark ages? Regards, Carol David %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%