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Background: A painful paresis of the hand is a symptom frequently encountered in clinical practice. Based on a consistent coincidence of typical clinical symptoms of the hand with certain tissue alterations of the shoulder strap musculature, a new clinical syndrome -the Shoulder blade-Hand-Syndrome (SHS) -is introduced. Appropriate diff erential diagnosis regarding clinically similar, but pathophysiologically diff erent, syndromes -like, for instance, the Carpal Tunnel Syndrome (CTS) -is of crucial importance. ## Aim: Introducing and establishing a new clinical syndrome -the Shoulder blade-Hand-Syndrome (SHS). Methods: Analysis of about 150 clinical cases observed over the course of fi ve years, applying criteria of trigger point medicine. Results: A certain, clinically-pathophysiologically consistent and uniform kind of painful hand paresis may be subsumed under the term "Shoulder blade-Hand-Syndrome" (SHS). Discussion: Defi nition of diagnostic criteria and therapeutic strategies pertaining to SHS. ## Conclusion: The distinct co-emergence of soft tissue alterations of the shoulder and typical symptoms of the hand, as well as the response to a clearly defi ned therapy calls for a

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Author

Eugen Judin

Publisher

Thieme Medical Publishers; Springer-Verlag; Elsevier BV; Springer Science and Business Media LLC; Society for Mining, Metallurgy and Exploration Inc. (ISSN 0415-6412)

Published

2009

Language

DE

Field

Medicine (Health Sciences)