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A 26-year-old rugby player describes pain and a loss of confidence in his shoulder. This follows an injury 1 month earlier when he was tackled from behind and fell forward onto a flexed elbow while holding the ball. He felt immediate pain and a tearing sensation followed by a feeling of a ‘dead arm’. He was unable to continue playing and had not returned to contact since then, despite rehabilitation. He has pain at the back of his shoulder with any pressing or pushing exercises, with painful clunking from the joint. Examination reveals a full range of movement and no external signs of injury. The Jerk test and Wrightington Posterior instability test are positive.

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    Abbas Rashid F.R.C.S.

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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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Rashid, A. (2017). Posterior Instability. In: Monga, P., Funk, L. (eds) Diagnostic Clusters in Shoulder Conditions. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-57334-2_28

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