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11 July 2022: Clinical Research

Shoulder Injury Related to Vaccine Administration (SIRVA) in 16 Patients Following COVID-19 Vaccination Who Presented to Chiropractic, Orthopedic, and Physiotherapy Clinics in Hong Kong During 2021

Eric Chun-Pu Chu ABCDEFG*

DOI: 10.12659/MSM.937430

Med Sci Monit 2022; 28:e937430

Table 1 Cases of shoulder injury related to Coronavirus 2019 vaccine administration.

PatientSexAgeLateralityDoseVaccine typeOnset after vaccination (days)DiagnosisTreatmentPain severity
Baseline3-months
1F42L2P0CapsulitisMT70
2F50L2P7CapsulitisRx+EX82
3F62L3P1CapsulitisEX91
4F70L3P7CapsulitisMT72
5F62L3S4BursitisMT84
6F51R3S1Supraspinatus tearEX83
7M40L3P3Supraspinatus tearEX95
8F65L2P7Supraspinatus tearMT84
9F42L2S0BursitisMT83
10M43R3S1BursitisMT92
11M41L3P2CapsulitisEX84
12F40L2P3CapsulitisEX93
13M52R3P5CapsulitisMT72
14F40L2P3CapsulitisMT71
15F41L2P7CapsulitisRx+EX83
16F43L2P5CapsulitisRx+MT90
EX – exercise therapy; F – female; L – left; M – male; MT – manual therapy; P – Pfizer-BioNTech; Rx – prescription medication; R – right; S – Sinovac-CoronaVac.

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