Dislocation and instability of the shoulder joint are rare occurrences in childhood. Traumatic, infectious, congenital, and neuromuscular causes of pediatric recurrent shoulder dislocations are reported before. Central nervous system infection in infancy may be a reason for shoulder instability during childhood. This situation, which causes a disability for children, can be treated successfully...

The anterior capsulolabral reconstruction (ACLR) has been shown to yield satisfactory results predominantly in overhead athletes with atraumatic anterior shoulder instability. The purpose of this study was to assess the clinical results of patients who underwent ACLR for recurrent traumatic anterior shoulder dislocation. A retrospective review of 41 patients, mean age 29 (range: 16 to 55 years)...

433 R arthrography is the preferred imaging technique for the investigation of patients with shoulder instability [1, 2]. MR arthrography reliably shows subtle lesions of the labroligamentous complex, providing information essential to the surgeon concerning the surgery or arthroscopic repair. Most patients presenting with shoulder instability have anterior instability; in these cases, evaluati...

Anterior and posterior drawer tests of the shoulder are described. Their purpose is to detect anterior and posterior shoulder instability and thereby to eliminate some of the failures of operative treatment. Their value in assessing unidirectional and multidirectional instability both before and after operation is discussed.

OBJECTIVE To review some of the important biomechanical factors that provide glenohumeral stability, along with the pathologic mechanisms involved in glenohumeral instability of the shoulder. DATA SOURCES Current English medical literature concerning the multiple pathologic factors involved in glenohumeral instability was reviewed. DATA SYNTHESIS Multiple dynamic and static factors control ...

INTRODUCTION Anterior shoulder apprehension is a commonly reported complaint in anterior shoulder instability, which may lead to patient morbidity and impede shoulder function. It is the result of a cognitively complex mechanism, which includes anxiety, salience, fear, and anticipation. PURPOSE The aim of this prospective case-control study was to correlate five clinically established scores ...

Patients: 60 patients (mean age, 26 y, 87% men) with traumatic anterior instability of the shoulder, no shoulder symptoms or surgery before the first traumatic dislocation, ≤4 episodes of anterior dislocation of the shoulder, no clinical evidence of multidirectional instability, and radiological evidence of ≤30% loss of substance of the humeral head. All patients underwent arthroscopy to confir...