Objective To determine the benefits and harms of subacromial decompression surgery in adult patients with subacromial pain syndrome lasting for more than 3 months. Design Systematic review with ...

Arthroscopic subacromial decompression surgery does not reduce pain any more than arthroscopy alone in people with shoulder impingement, researchers say. "[T]he findings from our study suggest that ...

The Finnish Shoulder Impingement Arthroscopy Controlled Trial (FIMPACT) compared surgical treatment of shoulder impingement syndrome to placebo surgery. Two years after the procedure the study ...

Research investigating a popular form of surgery aimed at easing chronic shoulder pain doesn't fix the problem, a careful, placebo-controlled study suggests. In the condition known as shoulder ...

Tim Jones receives funding from the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR), Department of Health and Social Care, UK. The views expressed in this article are those of the author(s) and not ...