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Shoulder arthroscopy
Shoulder arthroscopy is a minimally invasive surgical technique using an arthroscope inserted through small portals to diagnose and repair conditions inside the shoulder joint, including rotator cuff tears and labral damage.
Shoulder dystocia
Shoulder dystocia, also called impacted shoulders in vaginal birth, is an obstetric emergency where the fetal shoulder sticks behind the pubic bone after head delivery; managed with McRoberts maneuver, causing brachial plexus injury in 2.3–16% of cases.
Shoulder girdle
Shoulder girdle (pectoral girdle): the clavicle and scapula linking the upper limb to the axial skeleton, with three joints and two gliding zones, a 2:1 scapulohumeral rhythm, and a defined trauma and clinical-testing literature.
Shoulder impingement syndrome
Impingement syndrome of shoulder (subacromial impingement, ICD-11 FB53.2): compression of rotator cuff tendons and bursa under the coracoacromial arch, causing painful abduction arc 40-120 degrees; decompression surgery shows no benefit over placebo.
Shoulder joint
Shoulder joint (glenohumeral joint): the ball-and-socket articulation between the humeral head and the scapula's glenoid cavity, the body's most mobile joint, stabilized by the glenohumeral ligaments, labrum, capsule, and rotator cuff.
Shoulder lesions
Shoulder lesions (ICD-11 FB53; ICD-10 M75) is a WHO classification category grouping shoulder disorders marked by pain and reduced shoulder girdle motion, including adhesive capsulitis, rotator cuff syndrome, and impingement syndrome.
Shoulder problem
Shoulder problem: any disorder causing shoulder pain, stiffness, instability, or weakness, including rotator cuff disease, frozen shoulder, and instability; affects up to 26% of adults, treated first-line with exercise therapy.
Shoulder Prosthesis
Shoulder prosthesis: artificial joint for shoulder replacement (arthroplasty). Anatomic designs mimic natural ball-and-socket; reverse designs switch ball and socket so the deltoid replaces a damaged rotator cuff. First implanted 1893; reverse FDA-approved 2003; reverse shows lower revision rates, anatomic better external rotation.
Shoulder replacement
Shoulder replacement, or shoulder arthroplasty, is an orthopedic operation replacing the damaged surfaces of the shoulder joint with prosthetic implants, most often for osteoarthritis or a deficient rotator cuff.
Shoulder study
Shoulder study: NCT06909864, a 2019-2021 Hacettepe University cross-sectional study of 48 Turkish adolescent competitive swimmers versus 28 controls, finding sport-specific but not stroke-specific shoulder adaptations, published in Physical Therapy in Sport 2025.
Shoulder syndrome
Shoulder syndrome (ICD-11 ME86.D0) is a symptom-code label for a complaint of the shoulder, not a specific disease; related named entities include frozen shoulder, subacromial impingement syndrome, and Milwaukee shoulder syndrome.
Shourya (2016 film)
Shourya (శౌర్య), 2016 Telugu romantic thriller directed by Dasaradh, starring Manchu Manoj, Regina Cassandra, and Prakash Raj; released March 4, 2016, U/A certified, music by debutant Vedaa, Rashomon-style murder plot, mixed reviews.
Shoushan stone carving
Shoushan stone carving (寿山石雕) is a folk art of Fuzhou, Fujian, carving small ornaments from local Shoushan stone; it joined China's intangible heritage list in 2006.
Shoushi calendar
The Shoushi calendar (授时历), the Yuan dynasty's official calendar, was completed in 1280 by Xu Heng, Wang Xun, and Guo Shoujing and used for roughly three hundred years.
Shout (Tears for Fears song)
"Shout" (Tears for Fears song), written by Roland Orzabal and Ian Stanley, produced by Chris Hughes; released 23 November 1984, second single from Songs from the Big Chair; UK No. 4, US No. 1 for three weeks.
Shout at the Devil
Shout at the Devil is Mötley Crüe's second studio album, released September 1983 on Elektra, produced by Tom Werman. Certified 4x platinum, it peaked around #17 in the US and defined early glam metal with its Satanic Panic-era imagery.
Shoutai Wan
寿胎丸 (Shoutai Wan, Fetus-Preserving Pill) is Zhang Xichun's four-herb Chinese formula from 医学衷中参西录 (Cuscuta, taxillus, teasel, donkey-hide gelatin, 2:1:1:1) used to tonify the kidney and prevent miscarriage, notably recurrent spontaneous abortion.
Shouting fire in a crowded theater
Shouting fire in a crowded theater: phrase from Holmes's 1919 Schenck v. United States dictum, originally "falsely shouting fire in a theatre and causing a panic"; its clear and present danger test was replaced by Brandenburg v. Ohio (1969).
Shouxun
Shouxun (守珣, 1079–1134), known as Fodeng Shouxun Chanshi ("Buddha-Lamp" Shouxun), was a Chinese Chan Buddhist monk of the Linji lineage, fifteenth generation of the Nanyue line and dharma-successor of Taiping Qin.
Shouzhoudaoshu
Shouzhoudaoshu (寿州道树禅师, Chan Master Daoshu of Shouzhou) was a mid-Tang Chinese Chan Buddhist monk and recluse at Three Peaks Mountain in Shouzhou, known for his teaching on non-seeing and non-hearing.
Shouzhuo
Shouzhuo (守卓), also called Changling Shouzhuo, was a Chan Buddhist monk of the late Northern Song dynasty, dated 1060–1130, nicknamed "Iron Face", who studied in the Linji school's Yellow Dragon line.
Shovel
A shovel is a hand tool with a broad, concave blade on a long handle, used for digging, lifting, and moving material such as soil, snow, gravel, or coal.
Shovel Knight
Shovel Knight is a 2D side-scrolling platform game with an 8-bit retro aesthetic by indie studio Yacht Club Games, first released in 2014 for PC and Nintendo platforms.
Shovel test pit
A shovel test pit (STP) is a small hand-dug pit on a grid used in archaeological survey to find buried artifacts where sites are not visible.
Shovelware
Shovelware: derogatory term for low-quality, quickly produced games or software, quantity over quality; from late-1980s CD-ROM era, peaked on Wii, now covers asset flips, Roblox churn, and AI-generated Steam titles.
Show (The Cure album)
Show (The Cure album), 1993 Fiction Records live double album, recorded 18-19 July 1992 at The Palace of Auburn Hills, Michigan, during the Wish tour; 18 tracks, companion to Paris and the Show concert film; remastered 2LP reissued 2023.
Show Boat
Show Boat, 1927 Broadway musical by Jerome Kern and Oscar Hammerstein II from Edna Ferber's novel, opened at the Ziegfeld Theatre December 27, 1927, ran 572 performances, and is regarded as the pioneering integrated book musical.
Show Boat (1951 film)
Show Boat (1951) is MGM's Technicolor musical of the Kern-Hammerstein stage hit, directed by George Sidney, starring Kathryn Grayson, Ava Gardner, Howard Keel, and William Warfield; it cost $2.3 million, earned nearly $9 million, and is the third film version after 1929 and 1936.
Show cave
A show cave is a natural cave fitted with pathways, artificial lighting, and admission fees for guided public tours; a 2022 survey identified 1,223 in 95 countries.
Show Champion (쇼 챔피언)
Show Champion (쇼 챔피언) is a weekly Wednesday live K-pop music chart show on MBC M and MBC every1, first aired February 14, 2012; its Champion Song is chosen by a published 35/20/20/15/10 scoring formula.