A significantly lower proportion of patients in the specific exercise group chose to undergo surgery (20% (10/51 ... and duration might be more heterogeneous in patients with subacromial impingement ...

The surgery is to remove the spur, open up the subacromial space for the tendons to move and relieve the pain and pressure on the rotator cuff tendons. As you can see, shoulder impingement can be ...

Correspondence to Dr Adam Witten, Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Sports Orthopedic Research Center – Copenhagen (SORC-C), Copenhagen University Hospital Amager-Hvidovre, 2650 Hvidovre, Denmark; ...

Most of the subjects had been advised to undergo shoulder surgery ... By increasing the subacromial space one can decrease the amount of stress and impingement taking place on the shoulder ...

X-rays are helpful to evaluate the presence of bone spurs and/or the narrowing of the subacromial ... this condition. Surgery is not necessary in most cases of shoulder impingement.