Shoulder pain is a common complaint in modern societies which affects on functional abilities and quality of life. Long timefor shoulder pain the diagnosis " shoulder joint periarthritis" was explaining all disorders of shoulder. Modern studies of functional anatomy of shoulder area requires new vision of the problem and new attitude of the diagnosis and treatment. In International classification of diseases - 10 there is classification of shoulder disorders in terms of functional anatomy. Later studies of shoulder disorders described it as three groups of disorders as synovial disorders, shoulder girdle disorders and combination diagnosis. There are examination test for identification of shoulder disorder topography. In Mongolia the shoulder pain is not studied enough, there is no guidelines on diagnostics and treatment. Therefore we did this literature review to find out modern tendencies of shoulder disorder diagnostic approaches which could become a basis for shoulder examination guideline.