NEW ORLEANS — Patients with an anterior dislocation of the glenohumeral joint have had a 0% recurrence rate when immobilized in external rotation, according to the early results of a Japanese study.

This article deals with the throwing athlete primarily and also applies to the recreational shoulder patient who is attempting to regain motion at the shoulder. A recent study showed that patients … ...

An analysis of data from Level 1 and 2 studies investigating immobilization after primary anterior shoulder dislocation reveals no significant benefit to immobilizing patients younger than 30 ...

Background Shoulder dislocations due to tackles and so on are very common among collision sports athletes such as rugby. One of the causes of shoulder dislocations is bad tackling posture. Therefore, ...

Posterior shoulder dislocations are ... are more powerful than the external rotators (infraspinatus, posterior deltoid and teres minor), leading to internal rotation during global muscle ...

Anterior dislocation results from direct trauma to the shoulder or humeral head (top of the arm bone) or by excessive abduction (arm out to the side) and external rotation (rotating outwards) at ...

Q: My boyfriend dislocated his shoulder while playing basketball over the weekend. He is totally healthy and in excellent shape, so why should this happen?

Your shoulder is capable of two kinds of subtle rotation, internal rotation and external rotation. Internal shoulder rotation involves rotating your upper arm toward the front side of your torso.