[Aspects of physiotherapy in treatment of shoulder joint pain]

Shoulder joint pain occupies the second place among muscle-skeletal disorders in frequency categories. A main reason of this problem are overload, trauma, osteoartchritis or spascity after stroke. An aim of this study was to determinate an influence of crotherapy and warm radiation on effectivness of kinesitherapy in shoulder pain treatment. A group of thirty patients (20 women and 10 men in the age between 30 and 65 years old) was examined in categories of free-range movement and a strength of muscles lying near the joint. It was done before and after a treatment, which was, consists of kinesitherapy and physical procedures. Results show that a both methods are useful but cryotherapy acting a little stronger. Physiotherapy should be recommended in shoulder pain as a treatment of choice.