Clinical Examination Of The Shoulder In A Group Of Disabled Athletes In Wheelchair

The aim of this work is to justify an assessment of the shoulder in the follow-up of the disabled to prevent the occurrence of lesions that cause a major degradation of their autonomy or, alternatively, to take charge as soon as these injuries. Twelve disabled athletes, 10 males and 2 females (yrs: 46.5+ or -11.5, weight: 71.4 + or -16.5 kg, in wheelchair since 16.4+ or -8.1yrs) volunteered for this study and signed an informed consent. They were handbikers (9) or basketball players (3), in leisure or in competition. They were all right-handed. Seven sportsmen reported a painful episode earlier and 6 had a current pain. 10 had signs of injury of the rotator cuff and 6 signs of impingement. The Constant's score was not different for the right arm and for the left one (99 vs 92; p>0.05) and the DASH score was at 8.83. There was an aspect of ultrasonic lesion for 8 patients.