Shoulder Lab Flashcards
Possible hypotheses for description:
Lateral/anterior shoulder pain with overhead activities or exhibits a painful arc
subacromial impingement
tendinitis
bursitis
Possible hypotheses for description:
Instability, apprehension, and pain with activities, most often when shoulder is abducted and externally rotated
shoulder instability
possible labral tear if clicking is present
Possible hypotheses for description:
decreased ROM and pain with resistance
rotator cuff or long head of biceps tendinitis
Possible hypotheses for description:
Pain and weakness with muscle loading, night pain; Age > 60
Rotator cuff tear
Possible hypotheses for description:
Poorly located shoulder pain with occasional radiation into elbow; Pain is usually aggravated by movement and relieved by rest; Age > 45; Females > Males
Adhesive Capsulitis
Possibly hypotheses for description:
Fall on shoulder followed by pain over AC joint
AC sprain
Possibly hypotheses for description:
Upper extremity heaviness or numbness with prolonged postures and when lying on involved side
Thoracic outlet syndrome
Cervical radiculopathy
Palpation
- Compare both sides (especially if using palpation for a test); start superficially and then proceed to palpate more deeply
- Skin: temperature, mobility, perspiration, etc.
- Soft Tissue: muscle tone/atrophy, tenderness, nodules, etc.
Glenohumeral Joint close packed position
full abduction, full ER
glenohumeral joint open packed position
55 deg abd, 30 deg horiz abd, neutral rotation
glenohumeral joint capsular pattern
ER > abduction > IR > flexion
AC joint close packed position
90 deg glenohumeral abduction
AC joint open packed position
arm by the side
AC joint capsular pattern
pain at extremes of ROM, esp horizontal adduction and full elevation
SC joint close packed position
maximum arm elevation and protraction
SC joint open packed position
arm by the side
SC joint capsular pattern
pain at extremes of ROM, esp full arm elevation and horizontal adduction
Apley’s Scratch Test
- quick active mobility assessment tool
- ER & ABd (with flexion): overhead and reach for opposite shoulder
- IR and Add (with flexion): stresses infraspinatus and compresses AC joint - reach in front of the body for the opposite shoulder
- IR and Add (with extension): reach behind back for the scapulae
patient positioning for glenohumeral resisted motion testing
patient supine
55 deg abduction, 30 deg horiz add, neutral rotation
scapula resting position
arm at the side
elbow resting position
70 deg flexion, 10 deg supination
resisted motion coracobrachialis
flexion and adduction