The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery, Vol 73, Issue 10 1526-1531, Copyright © 1991 by Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery, Inc
The shoulder girdle in ankylosing spondylitis
RJ Emery, EK Ho and JC Leong
Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of Hong Kong, Duchess of Kent Children's Hospital.
We report the clinical findings in the shoulders of fifty-two patients who
had ankylosing spondylitis. The three major patterns that were found
included limitation of scapulothoracic motion (forty-one patients), acute
inflammatory arthropathy of the sternoclavicular or acromioclavicular joint
(six patients), and severe restriction of glenohumeral motion (five
patients). Although radiographic abnormalities were common, they correlated
with the clinical findings in only minor respects.