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Young Hwan Park, Min Ho Kim, Myeong Geun Choi, and Eun Mi Chun
November 22, 2023
medRxiv
"Abstract
 
Objective: To investigate the incidence rates of inflammatory musculoskeletal disorders following COVID-19 vaccination and to compare them with those of unvaccinated individuals.

Discussion

In this nationwide population-based study...the incidences of...inflammation-related disorders involving tendons and connective tissues, were higher in the vaccinated group than in the unvaccinated group, regardless of the type of vaccine received. At 12 weeks after vaccination, all inflammatory musculoskeletal disorders investigated...showed a higher incidence in the vaccinated group than in the unvaccinated group...

Regarding the inflammatory musculoskeletal disorders investigated in this study, the incidence rates of shoulder-related disorders...were notably higher than those of other disorders... We believe that shoulder injury related to vaccine administration (SIRVA)...may have contributed to the high incidence rates observed. SIRVA is thought to occur by provoking an inflammatory reaction when vaccines are injected through the deltoid into underlying non-muscular tissues. Subsequent prolonged inflammatory responses...could progress to bursitis, tendinitis, and capsulitis around the shoulder joint."

This article is a preprint and has not been peer-reviewed. It reports new medical research that has yet to be evaluated and so should not be used to guide clinical practice.

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adverse events,autoimmunity,COVID-19,health statistics,vaccines