The medical history (history of the patient) represents an important component in the diagnosis of shoulder lesions.
Family history
- Is there a history of frequent bone/joint disease in your family?
Social history
- What is your profession?
Current medical history/systemic history (somatic and psychological complaints).
- Where exactly is the pain localized?
- What is the character of the pain? Sharp? Dull?
- How did the discomfort start:
- Suddenly or slowly increasing?
- A wrong movement or an overload?
- After an accident?
- By what does the pain increase:
- Load-dependent (indications of possible degenerative changes)?
- At rest?
- At night (inflammatory cause)?
- Provocation by a typical movement?
- In the case of professional activity?
- In sports?
- Do you have any functional limitations of the shoulder? (frozen shoulder)
- Have you been able to determine that lateral guidance of the arm is not possible or only possible to a limited extent?
- Have you noticed any weakness in the muscles?
Vegetative anamnesis including nutritional anamnesis.
- Do you participate in sports? If yes, which sport discipline(s) and how often weekly?
Self history including medication history.
