2023 Volume 23 Pages 80-85
We performed physical therapy for a patient who presented with postural abnormalities as a symptom ofParkinson’s disease and who had pain in the right lateral shoulder when the right upper extremity was raisedand lowered. When the right shoulder joint was flexed while maintaining the right scapula elevated andadducted, pain occurred at about 70° and the movement was terminated. Even during the lowering motion,while maintaining the right scapula elevated and adducted, pain similar to that of the forward raising motionoccurred. The results of examination revealed decreased muscle tone in the left longest muscle and increasedmuscle tone in the left rectus abdominis muscle. In physical therapy, the patient practiced reaching movementsin a sitting position and pain was reduced during forward raising and lowering of the right upper extremity,leading to acquisition of movement.
