Diseases

Shoulder Impingement Syndrome

Compression of the ROTATOR CUFF tendons and subacromial bursa between the HUMERAL HEAD and the ACROMION of the SCAPULA. This condition is associated with subacromial BURSITIS, as well as rotator cuff (largely supraspinatus) and bicipital tendon INFLAMMATION.

National Library of MedicineMedical Subject Headings2026

Structured Summary

Abstract

Compression of the ROTATOR CUFF tendons and subacromial bursa between the HUMERAL HEAD and the ACROMION of the SCAPULA. This condition is associated with subacromial BURSITIS, as well as rotator cuff (largely supraspinatus) and bicipital tendon INFLAMMATION.

MeSH Record

Classification

Broader headings

Related Concepts

Knowledge Graph

Loading graph…

Drag nodes to rearrange; hover to trace links; click a node to open its page.

MeSH Record

See Also

MeSH Record

Synonyms

28 entry terms
  • Rotator Cuff Impingement
  • Rotator Cuff Impingement Syndrome
  • Shoulder Impingement
  • Impingement, Rotator Cuff
  • Impingement, Shoulder
  • Impingements, Rotator Cuff
  • Rotator Cuff Impingements
  • Shoulder Impingement Syndromes
  • Shoulder Impingements
  • Coracohumeral Impingement
  • Coracohumeral Impingement Syndrome
  • Coracoid Impingement Syndrome
  • Internal Impingement Syndrome
  • Outlet Impingement
  • Outlet Impingement Syndrome
  • Posterosuperior Glenoid Impingement
  • Subacromial Impingement Syndrome
  • Coracohumeral Impingement Syndromes
  • Coracohumeral Impingements
  • Coracoid Impingement Syndromes
  • Impingement, Coracohumeral
  • Impingement, Posterosuperior Glenoid
  • Impingements, Posterosuperior Glenoid
  • Internal Impingement Syndromes
  • Outlet Impingement Syndromes
  • Outlet Impingements
  • Posterosuperior Glenoid Impingements
  • Subacromial Impingement Syndromes

MeSH Record

Aspects Covered

35 allowable subheadings

Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, congenital, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, urine, veterinary, virology.

MeSH Record

History Note

97

MeSH Record

Previous Indexing

  • Joint Diseases (1982-1996)

MeSH Hierarchy

Tree Numbers

  1. C05w.550w.840w
  2. C26w.803.500w

MeSH Record

NLM Classification

WE 811

AMA Style

References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Shoulder Impingement Syndrome. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D019534. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D019534
  2. Shoulder Impingement Syndrome. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shoulder_impingement_syndrome
  3. Shoulder Impingement Syndrome. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1660341