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Results from conditions that enforce prolonged immobility of shoulder joint. Shoulder is painful and tender to palpation, and both active and passive range of motion is restricted.

Treatment: Adhesive Capsulitis

Spontaneous improvement may occur; physical therapy is the foundation; NSAIDs, local injections of glucocorticoids may be helpful.

For a more detailed discussion, see Taurog JD, Carter JD: The Spondyloarthritides, Chap. 384, p. 2169; Crofford LJ: Fibromyalgia, Chap. 396, p. 2238; Langford CA, Mandell BF: Arthritis Associated with Systemic Disease, and Other Arthritides, Chap. 397, p. 2240; Langford CA: Periarticular Disorders of the Extremities, Chap. 398, p. 2247; Langford CA: Relapsing Polychondritis, Chap. 389, p. 2202, in HPIM-19.

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Section 12. Allergy, Clinical Immunology, and Rheumatology