• Am J Sports Med · Jul 2004

    Excessive humeral external rotation results in increased shoulder laxity.

    • Teruhisa Mihata, YeonSoo Lee, Michelle H McGarry, Muneaki Abe, and Thay Q Lee.
    • Orthopaedic Biomechanics Laboratory, VA Healthcare System, Long Beach, CA 90822, USA. tqlee@med.va.gov, tqlee@uci.edu
    • Am J Sports Med. 2004 Jul 1; 32 (5): 1278-85.

    BackgroundThe quantitative relationship between increased anterior shoulder laxity and increased humeral external rotation observed in throwers remains unclear.HypothesisAn elongated anterior capsule, especially the anterior band of the inferior glenohumeral ligament, produced by excessive humeral external rotation will result in increased anterior shoulder laxity and increased humeral external rotation.Study DesignControlled laboratory study.MethodsSeven cadaveric shoulders were tested to measure the humeral rotational range of motion, glenohumeral translations, and length of the anterior band of the inferior glenohumeral ligament. Data were collected for the intact shoulders and after nondestructive stretching of 10%, 20%, and 30% beyond maximum humeral external rotation.ResultsNondestructive excessive external rotational stretching resulted in a significant increase in superior (30%, 3.3 mm) and inferior (30%, 2.3 mm) length of the anterior band of the inferior glenohumeral ligament, external rotation (30%, 35 degrees), and anterior (30%, 2.4 mm), inferior (30%, 2.2 mm), and anterior-posterior (30%, 5.1 mm) translations. There were significant positive linear correlations between the length of the anterior band of the inferior glenohumeral ligament, external rotation, and anterior translation.ConclusionsExcessive humeral external rotation results in an elongation of the anterior band of the inferior glenohumeral ligament and an increase in anterior and inferior glenohumeral translations and humeral external rotation.Clinical RelevanceRepetitive excessive humeral external rotation observed in throwers may be one of the biomechanical causes for increased shoulder laxity and increased humeral external rotation.Copyright 2004 American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine

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