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Weaver–Dunn procedure. The left shoulder and acromioclavicular joints, and the proper ligaments of the scapula. (Procedure not illustrated, but positions of the two ligaments are visible. Coraco-acromial visible at upper right.) The Weaver–Dunn procedure is a generally successful type of surgery involved in the treatment of severe separated ...
Relatively common [3] A separated shoulder, also known as acromioclavicular joint injury, is a common injury to the acromioclavicular joint. [2] The AC joint is located at the outer end of the clavicle where it attaches to the acromion of the scapula. [2] Symptoms include non-radiating pain which may make it difficult to move the shoulder.
1744. FMA. 25898. Anatomical terminology. [edit on Wikidata] The acromioclavicular joint, or AC joint, is a joint at the top of the shoulder. It is the junction between the acromion (part of the scapula that forms the highest point of the shoulder) and the clavicle. [1] It is a plane synovial joint.
Specialty. Orthopedics, sports medicine. Shoulder impingement syndrome is a syndrome involving tendonitis (inflammation of tendons) of the rotator cuff muscles as they pass through the subacromial space, the passage beneath the acromion. It is particularly associated with tendonitis of the supraspinatus muscle. [ 1 ]
Adhesive capsulitis (AC), also known as frozen shoulder, is a condition associated with shoulder pain and stiffness. [ 1 ] It is a common shoulder ailment that is marked by pain and a loss of range of motion, particularly in external rotation. [ 3 ] There is a loss of the ability to move the shoulder, both voluntarily and by others, in multiple ...
Millions of U.S. residents—perhaps up to 3 percent of the population—have an artificial hip, knee, or both. A new injected “scaffold” of peptides and polymers could support and encourage ...
Superior acromioclavicular ligament. This ligament is a quadrilateral band, covering the superior part of the articulation, and extending between the upper part of the lateral end of the clavicle and the adjoining part of the upper surface of the acromion. It is composed of parallel fibers, which interlace with the aponeuroses of the trapezius ...
SLAP tear. Glenoid fossa of right side. (Glenoidal labrum labeled as "glenoid lig.") A SLAP tear or SLAP lesion is an injury to the superior glenoid labrum (fibrocartilaginous rim attached around the margin of the glenoid cavity in the shoulder blade) that initiates in the back of the labrum and stretches toward the front into the attachment ...