Shoulder Flashcards
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What is the evidence to support the clinical course of frozen shoulder?
Moderate evidence for a course of 12- 18 months.
What are the four stages of frozen shoulder and how long does each stage last?
- stage 1
- 0-3 months
- stage 2
- 3-9 months
- stage 3
- 9-15 months
- stage 4
- 15 months or greate
What are the symptoms of frozen shoulder During stage 1?
- Pain with A/ prom
- limited flexion,abd, Ir,er
- pathological changes: hypertrophic, hypervascular, rare inflammatory cell infiltrates,normal underlying capsule
What are the characteristics of stage 2 frozen shoulder?
- duration 3-9 months
- chronic pain with a/prom
- significant limitation of flexion, abduction, er,Ir
- pathological changes: hypervascular, hypertrophic synovitis, with pervaxsular subsynovial scarring, fibroblasts and scar formation in underlying capsule
What are the characteristics of stage 3 for frozen shoulder?
- duration 9-15 months
- significant rom deficits with rigid endfeel
- minimal pain except at end range
- pathological changes: burnt out synovitis without hyper trophy, or hypervascularity, dense scar formation in the capsule
What are characteristics of stage 4 frozen shoulder?
- thawing stage - 15-24 months
- minimal pain
- progressive improvement in ROM
What is the evidence for risk factors in frozen shoulder?
- Weak evidence
- diabetes
- thyroid disease
- 40 - 65 yo female
- previous episode of frozen shoulder
What is the evidence for corticosteroid injections for treatment of frozen shoulder?
- Strong evidence
- use of injections combined with shoulder mobility and stretches are more effective than exercises alone for short term pain relief
What is the evidence to support patient education, activity modification and stretching?
Moderate evidence
- patient education
- activitymodification
- match intensity of stretch to the patients level of irritability
What is the level of evidence to support modalities in testing frozen shoulder?
Weak evidence for modalities
-clinicians may use modalities combined with mobility and stretching to reduce pain.
What is the evidence for joint mobilizations in treating frozen shoulder?
Weak evidence for joint mobs and transitional manipulations
How would you treat a patient who presents with high irritability with frozen shoulder?
- Activity modification
- Short duration stretching (1-5 sec) pain free p/ Aaron
- low grade mobs
- patient Ed
- injection
How would you treat someone who presents with moderate irritability?
Modalities ( heat, ice, estim)
- activity modification
- short duration (5-15 sec) prom/ arom / Aarom
- low to high grade mobs
- patient Ed
How would you threat someone with low irritability for frozen shoulder?
- Endrange overpressure
- high grade sustained mobs
- low to high resistance strengthening
- high demand functional activities
How would a patient with high irritability for frozen shoulder present?
- high pain (>7/10)
- consistent night pain/ resting pain
- high disability on the DASH, ASES, PSS
- paint prior to end range of motion
- arom
How would a patient with moderate irritability for frozen shoulder?
- Moderate Pain (4-6/10)
- intermittent night/ resting pain
- moderate disability on DASH, ASES, PSS
- Pain at end range
- arom=prom
How would someone present with low irratibility?
- Low Pain (=<3/10)
- no resting or night pain
- minimal pain with overpressure
- Arom= prom
What is the MOI for SLAP lesion?
Sudden downward force on a supinated overstretched upper extremity
What is a type 1 SLAP lesion?
Type 1
- degenerative fraying of the superior labrum
- biceps anchor intact
Superior labrum is debrided
What is a type 2 SLAP lesion?
Type 2
- biceps and anchor pulled away from glenoid
- lesion is repaired ( anchors, tacks, staples)
What is a type 3 SLAP lesion?
Type 3
- bucket handle tear of the superior labrum
- biceps intact
- surgery- torn fragment is resected
What is a type 4 SLAP lesion?
Type 4
- tear extends to biceps tendon
- biceps tendon/ labrum displaced to the joint
- <30% tear resected,
- > 30% tear older population labrum is debrided
- younger population - suture repair
What are two special tests to diagnose SLAP lesions?
Biceps load 1 and 2
Describe the biceps load 1 and 2 exam.
- patient supine with shoulder in 90 degrees abd and er
- forearm supinated
- PT externally rotates until the patient is apprehensive, then resists elbow flexion
- if pain stays the same or worsens
- (-) if apprehension improves