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A 68-year-old female presents to clinic with residual anterior shoulder pain and weakness 6 months following an anterior shoulder dislocation which was manipulated successfully in casualty. Clinical examination reveals a flexion lag of 20°. The external rotation is increased compared to the opposite side. The bear hug, lift off, and belly press tests are positive.

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  1. Northumbria Healthcare, North Shields, UK

    Santosh Venkatachalam

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  1. Upper Limb Unit, Wrightington Hospital, Lancashire, United Kingdom

    Puneet Monga

  2. Upper Limb Unit, Wrightington Hospital, Lancashire, United Kingdom

    Lennard Funk

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Venkatachalam, S. (2017). Subscapularis. In: Monga, P., Funk, L. (eds) Diagnostic Clusters in Shoulder Conditions. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-57334-2_16

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