Prognosis | Impingement Syndrome

Prognosis

In general, an impingement syndrome has a good prognosis compared to other orthopedic diagnoses. However, this depends not only on the age of the patient but also on the severity of impingement and the anatomical conditions. It also depends on the extent to which the patient adheres to rehabilitative measures.

If he does not carefully carry out the necessary physiotherapeutic measures, his prognosis will deteriorate considerably. In general, it can be said that conservative treatment approaches have a better prognosis than surgical approaches. However, this is partly due to the fact that surgical measures are only taken when the impingement is severe, i.e. the prognosis is already somewhat worse anyway.

Approximately 80% of patients with a conservative therapy approach have improved symptoms, although not completely free of symptoms. Between 60 and 75% of the patients who undergo surgery are also free of symptoms during the course of treatment. However, this presupposes that appropriate follow-up treatment is adhered to and that an adequate pain therapy is used.