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UK sources of information and / or support
Patient UK
Has a leaflets on Frozen Shoulder and Rotator Cuff Injury and Inflammation.
Shoulder Pain
Reliable information provided by Arthritis Research UK.
Shoulder and Elbow Surgery
Reliable information provided by Arthritis Research UK.
Shoulderdoc.co.uk
Patient and professional information about shoulder problems.
Yeovil Elbow and Shoulder Service
This site has been prepared by two Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeons who have a special interest in shoulder and elbow surgery. Their patient information section has several leaflets on common elbow and shoulder conditions and operations to treat certain conditions.
Shoulder resurfacing arthroplasty
A patient guide to complement the NICE guideline of the same name for health professionals.
Medicine Guide for Frozen Shoulder
Information from emc Medicine Guides.
Medicine Guide for Capsulitis
Information from emc Medicine Guides.
Frozen shoulder
Information from NHS Choices - the government's patient information portal.
Shoulder pain
Information from NHS Choices - the government's patient information portal.
Further sources / more detailed information
Some non-UK sites
The following list popular non-UK health information sites with content aimed at the general public. They are mainly from the US. They have not been checked to see if information about the above topic is included but these large sites are comprehensive.
- Non-UK disease / illness sites
- Non-UK self-help / support group sites
More detailed medical information
The following list online sources of more detailed medical information, mainly from the UK. These sites are mainly aimed at health professionals, but are of interest to all. They have not been checked to see if information about the above topic is included, but information about most medical topics can usually be found.
- PatientPlus - hundreds of medical reference articles provided by Patient UK.
- Evidence Based Medicine - such as from Clinical Evidence, The Cochrane Library, etc.
- Database of UK Clinical Guidelines - from NICE, SIGN, etc.
- Medline - abstracts available from thousands of journals.
- Sites listing free online medical textbooks and journals.
- Sites listing free medical images - pictures, atlases, anatomy, skin diseases, etc.