Vaccine Administration Unlikely to Cause Rotator Cuff Tendinopathy or Glenohumeral Arthritis: AAOS Position Statement (aaos.org)

• AAOS position: no high-quality evidence linking vaccination to rotator cuff tendinopathy or glenohumeral arthritis.
• Rise in SIRVA claims explained by incidental coincidence and post-hoc reasoning.
• Call for removal of shoulder conditions from VICP Injury Table unless causal evidence emerges.

"The American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (AAOS) position statement argues that there is no high-quality evidence linking routine vaccine administration to common shoulder pathologies such as rotator cuff tendinopathy and glenohumeral arthritis. The rise in claims for vaccine-related shoulder injury (SIRVA) is attributed to coincidental onset, post-hoc reasoning, and the nocebo effect. The AAOS calls for removal of shoulder conditions from the Vaccine Injury Table unless causal evidence emerges."