Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Volume 88, Issue 3 , Pages 298-301 , March 2007

Poststroke Shoulder Pain: Its Relationship to Motor Impairment, Activity Limitation, and Quality of Life

Presented in part to the Association of Academic Physiatrists, March 2006, Daytona, FL.

  • John Chae, MD, ME

      Affiliations

    • Cleveland Functional Electrical Stimulation Center, Cleveland, OH
    • Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH
    • Department of Biomedical Engineering, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests to John Chae, MD, ME, Dept of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Case Western Reserve University, MetroHealth Medical Center, 2500 MetroHealth Dr, Cleveland, OH, 44109
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  • Don Mascarenhas, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Biomedical Engineering, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH
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  • David T. Yu, MD

      Affiliations

    • Cleveland Functional Electrical Stimulation Center, Cleveland, OH
    • Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH
    • Yu is now affiliated with Virginia Mason Medical Center, Seattle, WA, and Bioness Inc, Santa Clarita, CA
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  • Andrew Kirsteins, MD

      Affiliations

    • Charlotte Institute for Rehabilitation, Charlotte, NC
    • Kirsteins is now affiliated with Moses Cones Health System, Greensboro, NC
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  • Elie P. Elovic, MD

      Affiliations

    • Kessler Medical Rehabilitation Research and Education Corp, West Orange, NJ
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  • Steven R. Flanagan, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Mt. Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY
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  • Richard L. Harvey, MD

      Affiliations

    • Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
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  • Richard D. Zorowitz, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
    • Zorowitz is now affiliated with Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center, Baltimore, MD.
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  • Zi-Ping Fang, PhD

      Affiliations

    • NeuroControl Corp, North Ridgeville, OH.

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 Supported in part by the National Institute for Child Health and Human Development (grant nos. R44HD34996, K12HD01097), the National Center for Research Resource (grant no. M01RR0080), and by the NeuroControl Corp, North Ridgeville, OH.A commercial party having a direct financial interest in the results of the research supporting this article has conferred or will confer a financial benefit upon the author or 1 or more of the authors. NeuroControl Corp has a direct interest in the content of this article with respect to a device NeuroControl intends to commercialize. Chae is a consultant to NeuroControl. Fang is an employee of NeuroControl. At the time of the study, Yu was a consultant to NeuroControl, but is no longer affiliated with NeuroControl.

PII: S0003-9993(06)01562-0

doi: 10.1016/j.apmr.2006.12.007

Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Volume 88, Issue 3 , Pages 298-301 , March 2007

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