| Summary: | One of the frequent complications of stroke is shoulder pain. In addition to
resulting in impairment of daily activities, shoulder pain is also associated with poor
outcome, slow improvement of upper extremity, and prolonged hospitalization. The
objective of this study was to identify whether motoric deficit is the risk factor of
shoulder pain in post-stroke patients.
The study employed case control method. The subject consisted of poststroke
patients, either ischemic or hemorrhagic, who presented to the Neurology
Policlinic of RSUP Dr. Sardjito Yogyakarta with or without shoulder pain. Seventy
two patients, 36 of whom had shoulder pain and another 36 without shoulder pain,
participated in the study.
The inter-subject ratio of male and female was 1.1 to 1. Mild paresis was
found in 75% of patients and severe paresis was found in 25% of the patients.
Univariate analysis suggested that motoric strength is the risk factor of post-stroke
shoulder pain with OR of 3.504 (95%CI 1.094-11.223
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