Objectives: To compare bilateral standard glenohumeral range of motion, humeral torsion & torsion-corrected motion within and between healthy adolescent baseball pitchers who have an injury to the throwing elbow. Secondarily, analyze relationship angle rotational in pitchers. Methods: Baseball aged 13-17 were prospectively enrolled into either a group, if currently pitching community withou...

Scapulothoracic fusion (STF) for painful winging of the scapula in neuromuscular disorders can provide effective pain relief and functional improvement, but there is little information comparing outcomes between patients with dystrophic and non-dystrophic conditions. We performed a retrospective review of 42 STFs in 34 patients with dystrophic and non-dystrophic conditions using a mul...

INTRODUCTION: Recently, the Remplissage procedure, which involves insetting the infraspinatus tendon and posterior joint capsule into an engaging HillSachs lesion has begun to gain popularity. Due to the relative infancy of this technique, a standardized procedure for suture anchor and suture placement has not been defined. Therefore, the purpose of this biomechanical study was to compare three...

© 2015 The Author(s). Published by Taylor & Francis on behalf of the Nordic Orthopedic Federation. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Non-Commercial License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0) DOI 10.3109/17453674.2015.1117370 A 51-year-old right-handed man sustained a direct injury to his right shoulder, falling from a st...

BACKGROUND The efficacy of a variety of noninvasive, conservative management techniques for calcific tendinopathy has been investigated and established for improving pain and function and/or facilitating a decrease in the size or presence of calcium deposits. Surprisingly, few have reported on the use of traditional therapeutic exercise and rehabilitation alone in the management of this conditi...

STUDY DESIGN A case series of consecutive patients with cervical radiculopathy. BACKGROUND A multitude of physical therapy interventions have been proposed to be effective in the management of cervical radiculopathy. However, outcome studies using consistent treatment approaches on a well-defined sample of patients are lacking. The purpose of this case series is to describe the outcomes of a ...