Abstract
Recently the orthopedic clinic has been visited by hemiplegic patients suffering from pain in the shoulder. On the x-ray film the shoulder subluxation is often revealed in the erect position. Hemiplegic shoulder subluxation is treated by using the conventional arm sling. To assess the effectiveness of N. M. E. S. program in the management of the shoulder subluxation, we conducted a study in which we compared the effectiveness of N. M. E. S. with that of the conventional arm sling. Twenty hemiplegic patients with shoulder subluxation were studied for 6 months. Ten of them were treated by using the arm sling only. The remaining 10 were treated by using both arm sling and N. M. E. S. in combination. As a result, the use of both arm sling and N. M. E. S. combined in the treatment of the hemiplegic shoulder subluxation was more effective than the use of an arm sling only.
