Shoulderology

Eiji Itoi, MD, PhDProfessor Emeritus, Department of Orthopaedic SurgeryPresident, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine

• 1 Introduction.- Part 1 Shoulder Examinations.- 2 Physical Examinations of the Shoulder.- Part 2 Main Shoulder Diseases – Rotator Cuff Tear.- 3 Rotator Cuff Tear.- Part 3 Main Shoulder Diseases – Shoulder Instability.- 4 Stabilizing Mechanisms.- 5 Traumatic Dislocation.- 6 Multidirectional Instability (Loose Shoulder).- Part 4 Main Shoulder Diseases – Others.- 7 Frozen Shoulder.- 8 Long Head of the Biceps.- 9 Throwing Shoulder.- Part 5 Biomechanical Research Related to Suture Anchors.- 10 Anchor Insertion Angle: Deadman Theory and its Interpretation.- 11 Minimal Safe Distance between Suture Anchors: Relationship between the anchor distance and pullout strength.- Part 6 Rare Shoulder Diseases.- 12 Facioscapulohumeral Muscular Dystrophy (FSHD).- 13 Trapezius Paralysis.