Lecture 14 - Shoulder Biomechanics Flashcards
What makes up the shoulder complex?
- Bone structure
- Joints and supporting structures
What is the bone structure?
- Bones of the shoulder complex
- Connects to the rest of the body via sternum and thorax
What are the bones of the shoulder complex?
- Clavicle
- Scapula
- Humerus
What are the joints of the shoulder complex?
- Sternoclavicular joint
- Acromioclavicular joint
- Scapulothoracic joint
- Glenohumeral joint
What are the supporting structures of the shoulder complex?
- Labrum
- Capsule
- Ligaments and musculature
What is the clavicle?
- Crank shaped
- Convex towards sternum
- Concave towards humerus
What is the function of the clavicle?
- Attaches shoulder to axial skeleton
- Force transmission to scapula
- Contributes to ROM
What is the scapula?
- Sits between T2 and T7
- Can palpate acromion and coracoid process
What is the function of the scapula?
Muscle attachment
What is the alignment of the scapula?
- Superior aspect 30-45 degrees anterior to frontal plane
- Slight anterior inclination and upward rotation
What increases the depth of the glenoid fossa?
Fibrocartilaginous labrum (50% increase)
What does the labrum help with: mobility or stability?
Stability
What is the role of the tubercles on the humerus?
Externally rotate humerus for greater tubercle to clear acromion process and acromioclavicular ligament
What is the role of the intertubercular groove?
Radial nerve runs along it
What type of joint is the sternoclavicular joint?
Synovial
What type of joint is the acromioclavicular?
Synovial
What type of joint is the scapulothoracic joint?
Special
What type of joint is the glenohumeral joint?
Synovial
What is the role of the sternoclavicular joint?
Connects upper limb and axial skeleton
What are the 3 rotatory motions?
- Elevation/depression
- Protraction/retraction
- Upward/downward rotation
What is the seesaw affect of the clavicle due to the sternoclavicular joint?
Rotation of the joint about an axis causes the head and opposite end of clavicle to move in opposite directions
What are the ligaments of the sternoclavicular joint?
- Anterior sternoclavicular
- Posterior sternoclavicular
- Interclavicular
- Costoclavicular
- Intraarticular disc
What are the 3 rotatory motions of the acromioclavicular joint?
- Internal/external rotation
- Anterior/posterior tipping
- Upward/downward rotation
What does the acromioclavicular joint also allow?
- Additional ROM of the scapula on the thorax
- Force transmission through the upper extremity
What supports the acromioclavicular joint?
- Capsule
- Coracoacromial ligament
- Coracoclavicular ligaments
What is the function of the coracoacromial ligament?
Provides protection (doesn’t cross the joint)
What is the function of the coracoclavicular ligaments?
- Trapezoid
-> Prevents medial displacement of acromion - Conoid
What are the two translational movements of the scapulothoracic joint?
- Elevation/depression
- Abduction/adduction