The following symptoms and complaints may indicate omarthrosis (shoulder osteoarthritis):
Leading symptoms
- At the beginning: diffuse omalgia (shoulder pain).
- Pain on exertion
- Limited mobility – initially the external rotation (rotational movement of an extremity around its longitudinal axis) is affected (is noticeable by obstructions, for example, hairdressing).
Associated symptoms
- Start-up pain (in the morning after getting up).
- Crepitation in the joint (joint noises).
- Night pain
- Pain at rest
- Late stage – tearing and destruction of the rotator cuff (group of four muscles whose tendons, together with the ligamentum coracohumerale, form a coarse tendon cap that encompasses the shoulder joint).
