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Posterior Shoulder Instability

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Arthroscopy and Sport Injuries

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Abstract

Recurrent posterior instability is viewed as a syndrome whose pathological processes are incompletely understood and where multiple predisposing factors may coexist in the same patient. The treatment of posterior instability in athletes depends on symptom severity, including pain intensity, degree of impairment of athletic performance, and pathological features of the joint lesion.

All athletes should be encouraged to undertake conservative treatment including physical therapy and rehabilitation as an initial approach. If nonoperative treatment fails to restore joint stability and reduce pain during sport activities, surgery followed by an appropriate postoperative rehabilitation program is recommended.

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  1. Unit of Shoulder and Elbow Surgery, D. Cervesi Hospital, AUSL della Romagna, Ambito Territoriale di Rimini, Via L.V Beethoven 5, 47841, Cattolica (RN), Italy

    Giovanni Merolla MD, Paolo Paladini & Giuseppe Porcellini

  2. Biomechanics Laboratory “Marco Simoncelli”, D. Cervesi Hospital, AUSL della Romagna, Ambito Territoriale di Rimini, Via L.V Beethoven 5, 47841, Cattolica (RN), Italy

    Giovanni Merolla MD & Elisa De Santis

  3. Unit of Orthopedics and Traumatology, Papa Giovanni XXIII Hospital, Bergamo – ASL di Bergamo, Piazza OMS 1, Bergamo, 24127, Italy

    Carlo Alberto Augusti

  4. Shoulder Team Rehabilitative Office, Via A. Costa 33, Forlì, Italy

    Elisa De Santis

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Merolla, G., Augusti, C.A., Paladini, P., De Santis, E., Porcellini, G. (2016). Posterior Shoulder Instability. In: Volpi, P. (eds) Arthroscopy and Sport Injuries. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-14815-1_21

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