Osteoarthritis of the Glenohmeral Joint Medscape

Description: Osteoarthritis of the glenohumeral joint can be painful and debilitating because it severely compromises function and limits activities of daily living. Patients with advanced osteoarthritis of the glenohumeral joint are more commonly male than female and are usually older than 65 years of age. Although many patients have more than one involved joint, osteoarthritis typically presents as a monoarticular problem. The rotator cuff is almost always intact, with only 5% of patients having full-thickness rotator cuff tears at the time of shoulder arthroplasty. Different classification systems have been proposed for glenohumeral osteoarthritis and are based on glenoid morphology and the size of inferior osteophytes.
Steven S. Shin, MD; Joseph D. Zuckerman, MD Medscape Orthopaedics & Sports Medicine. 2002;6(2)