Atraumatic Shoulder Instability Management

Lennard Funk

Atraumatic InstabilityWhat is it?

Should we Operate?@thearmclinic

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Stanmore ClassificationPolar I

Traumatic Structural

Polar IIAtraumatic Structural

Polar IIIMotor Control

Atraumatic

Factors in InstabilityAnju Jaggi

Motor Control & Rotator Cuff

Imbalance / Weakness Co-activation

Chain ineffective for normal RC recruitment

Scapula Dyskinesis Poor Kinetic Chain

Structural insufficiency

Capsulolabral damage Hyperlaxity

Fear Avoidance

Belief Disuse


Stanmore Classification

Small lesion RepairCapsular Plications

Polar ITraumatic Structural



Large lesion RepairBony Reconstructions

Rehab +/-Capsular Plication

SpecialistRehab.

Atraumatic


RehabOptimise:

CoreScapulaKinetic ChainPsychologyProprioception

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Proprioception


Mechanoreceptors in GHL

Jerosch et al. 1997Gohlke et al 1998


Capsular Plication / Shift


Capsular Plication / Shift



IGHL Hammock


Capsular Plication


Post-op Rehab ER Sling for comfort (approx. 3 weeks) Avoid forcing or stretching Proprioceptive Scapula Core Functional



Capsular Plication Results

Arthroscopic 88-94% success at 2-5yrs Gartsmann

Open

94% good/excellent at 5yrs Bigliani

59% good/excellent83% satisfactory Hamada


Arthroscopic Plication Audit

Clinical outcome of arthroscopic capsular plication for atraumatic instability (Stanmore II) of the shoulder by a single surgeon, with >12 month follow-up.

Tablot, Carter & Funk, BESS 2012


Patients• 23 patients (16 )

• Average age 27 (19 – 41 years)

• Follow-up – 15.6 months (range 4 - 40 months)

• Previous Thermal Capsular Shrinkage: 6

• Average Pre-Op Specialist Physio: 5.4 months


* Statistically significantly improved score (p<0.001)

OSS OIS DASH0

15

30

45

60

26

16

54

3932 29

Pre-op Post-op

* *

*


Patient Satisfaction

• Pre-op: 3.2/10

• Post-op: 8.6 / 10

• with average 82.4% improvement in symptoms


Stanmore Classification

Small lesion RepairCapsular Plications

Polar ITraumatic Structural



Large lesion RepairBony Reconstructions

Rehab +/-Capsular Plication

SpecialistRehab.

Atraumatic

Atraumatic shoulder instabilityRandomized Controlled TrialDoes stabilisation surgery followed by

physiotherapy improve short & long term outcomes compared with physiotherapy

alone?

Associate Professor Karen Ginn

Associate Professor Karen GinnMs Anju JaggiDr Susan AlexanderProfessor Len FunkProfessor Rob Herbert

Karen GinnRob Herbert

Anju JaggiSusan AlexanderLen Funk

Clinical Trial

aima robust randomised controlled clinical trial to determine whether

surgical intervention followed by physiotherapy improves outcomes in patients suffering from atraumatic shoulder instability associated with capsulolabral damage compared with physiotherapy alone

designdouble blind (patient & physiotherapist) randomised controlled

clinical trialsham-controlled surgical arm

in order to account for the strong placebo effect associated with “the high levels of stress and rituals involved with surgery”

Dowrick & Bhandari 2012

ethics approval granted data collection commenced April 2013

Methodology - Procedurepatients with a feeling of insecurity in their shoulder, not associated with a high collision injury, which

is provoked by physical examination tests, who do not have upper limb nerve damage identified

MRI examination

• sign consent to participate prior to undergoing diagnostic arthroscope• undergo baseline outcome measurements

diagnostic arthroscope• subjects recruited • randomly allocation

stabilisation surgery no further intervention

post-operative physiotherapymaximum 12 treatment sessions over 6 months

6 months post-randomisationall outcome measurements re-assessed

1 & 2 years post-randomisationWOSI, participant perceived improvement & dislocation episodes re-assessed

exclude – bony damage & RC tear

exclude – no capsulolabral damage subjects blinded

therapists blinded

assessor blinded

assessor blinded


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