Final Learning Objectives Flashcards
Shoulder Girdle
- AC joint → gliding joint
- SC joint → saddle joint
- Scapulothoracic interface → not classified as a joint, but the movement is vitally important for normal shoulder ROM
Shoulder Joint
Glenohumeral
- Glenoid fossa and humeral head
- Ball-in-socket
The Shoulder Capsule
- Capsule is ~2x larger than the humeral head
- Inferior portion is the weakest and is stretched out in order to stretch over the humeral head in full abduction or flexion
Glenohumeral Ligaments
- Superior Glenohumeral Ligament
- Middle Glenohumeral Ligament
- Inferior Glenohumeral Ligament
- Inferior band has to give out for a dislocation to occur
- 3 of the 4 bands are anterior and help limit ER and create more anterior stability
Superior Glenohumeral Ligament
Resists inferior translation when the arm is hanging or adducted
Middle Glenohumeral Ligament
- Some help with inferior translation when the arm is adducted
- Helps resist anterior translation (max effect is at about 45 degrees of abduction)
Inferior Glenohumeral Ligament
- Anterior Band
- Posterior Band
- Anterior stabilization in 90 degree abduction
- Tightens when the arm is abducted and externally rotated and cradles inferior head
- This is theorized to also add to the posterior/superior shift of the humeral head in throwing
When would the superior glenohumeral ligament tighten more than the others?
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Movements of the scapula
- Elevation/depression
- Abduction/adduction (protraction/retraction)
- Upward/Downward rotation
- Tipping
Scapular Elevation/Depression
10-12 cm
Protraction/Retraction
15 cm
Rotation
60 degrees
Tipping
- The scapula tilts forward around a frontal axis as it reaches the top of elevation
- Occurs due to the natural curvature in the spine and rib cage
Resting Position of the Scapula
- Between the 2nd through 7th ribs
- 2 inches from the midline
- Does not lie in the frontal plane (Wings 30-45 degrees towards sagittal)
Winging
When the scapula moves around the thorax
Abnormal Winging
- When the vertebral border moves posteriorly away from the wall of the thorax
- Usually caused by a problem with the long thoracic nerve
What ligaments restrict movement at the SC and make it so stable?
- Interclavicular ligament restricts superior movement
- Anterior/Posterior sternoclavicular ligament restrict anterior, posterior, and inferior movement
- It’s capsular reinforced
Ligament components of the AC joint
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Grades of Joint Separation
- 1 → damage to AC joint capsule and ligament
- 2 → joint capsule and trapezoid ligament
- 3 → joint capsule, trapezoid, and conoid ligament damage
What makes up the coracoacromial arch?
- Includes the anterior acromion, coracoacromial ligament and coracoid process
- Prevents superior dislocation
What is the labrum?
A fibrocartilaginous rim that helps to deepen the glenoid
Glenohumeral Labrum
- Almost triangular in shape and the bottom portion is firmly attached to the underlying bone
- The top portion has variable attachments, but is loosely connected
- The superior portion is attached to the biceps tendon (long head) as it connects at the supraglenoid tubercle
Changes in depth due to labrum
- Increases depth to 5 mm Ant/Post
- Increases depth to 9 mm Sup/Inf
- Depth is only 2.5 mm without the labrum
Deltoid
shoulder flexion, abduction, extension
Trapezius
scapular elevation
Supraspinatus
shoulder abduction