What factors at admission are associated with shoulder pain during stroke rehabilitation?
DESIGN: Retrospective audit of medical histories and logistic regression. PARTICIPANTS: 94 people with primary diagnosis of stroke attending inpatient rehabilitation. OUTCOME MEASURES: Predictors were a battery of impairments, stroke-related factors, and patient characteristics. The outcome of interest was shoulder pain. RESULTS: Shoulder pain was present in 23% of patients at admission, and in a total of 35% of patients during inpatient stay. Patients with pain differed significantly (p = 0.04) from those without pain for several factors including age, longer time until rehabilitation admission, impaired movement of the arm (Motor Assessment Scale items), reduced passive range of movement, subluxation, and altered tone and sensation. No differences were found for many factors including neglect, cognitive impairment, side of stroke, and body weight. Logistic regression exploring the association between four predictors (shoulder range, Motor Assessment Scale items, subluxation, and alte
