Buckets For Shoulder Pain Flashcards
What are the buckets for shoulder pain?
Subacromial pain syndrome
Adhesive capsulitis
Glenohumoral instability
Other
What are impairments that are present in the subacromial pain syndrome bucket?
Subacromial pain syndrome (impingement)
Rotator cuff full thickness tear
Rotator cuff tendinopathy/partial thickness tear
SLAP/LHB tendinopathy
Bursitis
Articular surface rotator cuff tear
What would someone with rotator cuff tendinopathy present with?
Anterolateral shoulder pain
Pain with overhead motion
Painful arc with AROM abduction
Night pain
What would someone with a rotator cuff tear present with?
Anterolateral shoulder pain
Compensatory shoulder shrugging with overhead motion
Constant shoulder achiness
Night pain that wakes them up
Patient > 40 y/o
What are the special tests for shoulder impingement?
Hawkins Kennedy test
Painful arc (60-120°)
Infraspinatus muscle test
Neers test
Empty can
How can you rule in shoulder impingement using special tests?
If 3 out of 5 are positive
What are the special tests for a rotator cuff full thickness tear? (Ruling in)
Drop arm test
Painful arc (60-120°)
Infraspinatus muscle test
What are the special tests for rotator cuff tendinopathy?
Lift off test
Belly press test (both are testing Subscapularis)
What is the presentation in someone with long head bicep tendinopathy?
Anterior shoulder pain
Painful palpation at proximal LHB
Pain with eccentric deceleration (throwing or swinging)
Pain with muscular loading of bicep (shoulder flexion and arm supination)
What are the special test used for long head bicep tendinopathy?
Yergasons test (resisted elbow flexion, supination, and shoulder ER)
Speed test
What does someone with a SLAP lesion present with?
Deep shoulder pain
Complaints of clicking
Complaints of joint locking
Pain with eccentric deceleration (throwing or swinging)
Pain with muscular loading of bicep (shoulder flexion and arm supination)
What are the special tests for a SLAP lesion?
Biceps load 1 and 2
Crank test
What does someone with articular-sided rotator cuff internal impingement syndrome present with?
Specific posterior shoulder pain during abduction and ER
What is the special test used for articular sided rotator cuff internal impingement syndrome?
Posterior impingement sign test
What is the relevance of GH internal rotation deficit?
Pitchers have increased shoulder ER which limits their IR on pitching arm (as long as total arc is equal in both arms it is fine)