severe trauma, the physician usually thinks of the joints, bursae, tendons or nerves rather than of the shoulder girdle muscles as the primary source of pain. Thus the customary diagnosis in this type of patient is either arthritis, subacromial bursitis, brachial neuritis or radiculitis.
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