MSK & orthopaedics · Examination

Shoulder pain reaching overhead

Easy

10 min station · 2 min reading · Curtin Year 4

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2 min reading · 10 min station · reminders at 2 min

Instructions

You are a medical student on placement in general practice. Your next patient is Yiannis Papadopoulos, 61, presenting with right shoulder pain.

  1. Perform a shoulder examination

  2. Outline to the examiner:

    • Your findings
    • Your most likely diagnosis and differentials
    • Next steps in management, including relevant investigations
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Investigations

Examination