Sports Injury

Question 1

Define rotator cuff disease

Answer 1

Rotator cuff disease is a continuum of disease consisting of
1. Shoulder Impingement Syndrome
2. Calcific tendinitis
3. Rotator cuff tear
4. Rotator cuff arthropathy

Question 2

Define shoulder impingement syndrome

Answer 2

A clinical syndrome due to inflamed tendons of the rotator cuff muscles as they pass through the subacromial space

Question 3

List 4 clinical features of shoulder impingement syndrome

Answer 3

1. Pain exaggerated with overhead activities
2. Night pain and difficulty sleeping on the affected side
3. Tenderness to palpation over the greater tuberosity
4. Impingement signs E.g: Hawkin Kennedy +ve

Question 4

State the rotator cuff muscle function and its respective special test

Answer 4

Question 5

State 4 characteristic features of rotator cuff arthropathy

Answer 5

It is the end stage of rotator cuff disease characterized by:
1. Wasting of rotator cuff muscle
2. Superior subluxation of humerus head
3. Massive rotator cuff tear
4. Glenohumeral joint arthritis

Question 6

Define Frozen Shoulder

Answer 6

Progressive pain and global stiffness of the shoulder

Usually resolving spontaneously after 18 months

Question 7

List the classical stages of Frozen Shoulder (3 stages)

Answer 7

1. Pain
2. Stiffness
3. Thawing

Question 8

Define lateral epicondylitis (Tennis elbow)

Answer 8

Tendinosis of lateral epicondyle due to overuse

Question 9

What is the difference between tendinosis and tendinitis?

Answer 9