In this issue of Clinics in Sports Medicine, guest editors Drs. Jonathan F. Dickens and Brian C. Lau bring their considerable expertise to the topic of Shoulder Instability. Shoulder instability is a common injury in sports and orthopedic surgeons must stay up to date with on-field assessment, current imaging, and surgical and nonsurgical treatment strategies to help athletes get back in the game. In this issue, top experts discuss anterior and posterior shoulder instability in athletes, including shoulder anatomy and biomechanics, imaging, operative and nonoperative treatments, and more.
Key Features
- Contains 14 relevant, practice-oriented topics including current imaging of anterior and posterior instability in the athlete; open Bankart repair: technique and outcomes for the high level athlete; rehabilitation and return to play for operative and nonoperative treatment of anterior shoulder instability; current concepts in assessment and management of failed posterior labral repair; and more.
- Provides in-depth clinical reviews on shoulder instability, offering actionable insights for clinical practice.
- Presents the latest information on this timely, focused topic under the leadership of experienced editors in the field. Authors synthesize and distill the latest research and practice guidelines to create clinically significant, topic-based reviews.
Author Information
Edited by Jonathan F. Dickens, MD, Orthopaedics, USU-Walter Reed Department of Surgery, WRNMMC and Brian C. Lau, Sports Medicine Orthopaedic Surgeon, Duke University
Functional Anatomy and Biomechanics of Shoulder Instability
Evaluating the Athlete with Instability from on the Field to in the Clinic
Current Imaging of Anterior and Posterior Instability in the Athlete
Decision Making of the In-season Athlete with Anterior Shoulder Instability
Arthroscopic Management of the Contact Athlete with Anterior Instability
Open Bankart Repair: Technique and Outcomes for the High-Level Athlete
The Latarjet Procedure for Recurrent Anterior Shoulder Instability in the Contact Athlete
Open Bone Augmentation Solutions for the Failed Shoulder Stabilization
Current Evidence and Techniques for Arthroscopic Bone Augmentation
Management of Shoulder Instability in the Overhead Athletes
Rehabilitation and Return to Sport following Operative and Nonoperative Treatment of Anterior Shoulder Instability
Biomechanics and Pathoanatomy of Posterior Shoulder Instability
Arthroscopic Management of Posterior Shoulder Instability
Current Concepts in Assessment and Management of Failed Posterior Labral Repair