Physio Edge podcast with David Pope cover image

142. Shoulder SLAP tear assessment, diagnosis and treatment. Physio Edge Shoulder Success podcast with Jo Gibson

Physio Edge podcast with David Pope

CHAPTER

The Importance of Subjective History in Slap Pathology

The National Athletic Trainers Association position statement on slaps gives a lovely summary of the things that I've shared with you tonight. A massive limitation is all those things are dependent on an unstable long head of biceps attachment so essentially our type two lesions and some of our type four in things like bucket handle tears actually our testing is much less consistent. As ever that subjective history is key it's 80 percent of our decision making but these clinical tests are only ever a tiny tiny part now what about this guy's MR scan because remember I said that you'd had a plain MR plain MR is notorious for false negatives in patients with slap pathology  and an MRR for gram is far more reliable

00:00
Transcript
Play full episode

Remember Everything You Learn from Podcasts

Save insights instantly, chat with episodes, and build lasting knowledge - all powered by AI.
App store bannerPlay store banner