3D How To: Shoulder Exam: Posterior Groove
3D How To: Shoulder Exam: Posterior Groove
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3D animation demonstrating an ultrasound exam of the Posterior Groove of the shoulder.
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<p begin="00:00:07.605" end="00:00:09.307" style="s2">- [Voiceover] A linear array transducer</p>
<p begin="00:00:09.307" end="00:00:11.398" style="s2">with a musculoskeletal exam type</p>
<p begin="00:00:11.398" end="00:00:13.825" style="s2">is used to perform an<br />ultrasound examination</p>
<p begin="00:00:13.825" end="00:00:16.575" style="s2">of the posterior groove of the shoulder.</p>
<p begin="00:00:16.575" end="00:00:18.571" style="s2">The patient is in a sitting position</p>
<p begin="00:00:18.571" end="00:00:21.772" style="s2">with the arm flexed<br />and internally rotated.</p>
<p begin="00:00:21.772" end="00:00:24.076" style="s2">The examiner is positioned<br />behind the patient</p>
<p begin="00:00:24.076" end="00:00:27.586" style="s2">and the transducer is placed<br />posteriorly over the shoulder</p>
<p begin="00:00:27.586" end="00:00:31.172" style="s2">with the orientation marker<br />to the patient's left side.</p>
<p begin="00:00:31.172" end="00:00:34.451" style="s2">The posterior labrum is seen<br />as a triangular structure</p>
<p begin="00:00:34.451" end="00:00:36.711" style="s2">between the bright, hyperechoic glenoid</p>
<p begin="00:00:36.711" end="00:00:38.235" style="s2">and the humeral head.</p>
<p begin="00:00:38.235" end="00:00:41.577" style="s2">The arm is slowly externally<br />and internally rotated</p>
<p begin="00:00:41.577" end="00:00:44.052" style="s2">to evaluate the ball and socket motion</p>
<p begin="00:00:44.052" end="00:00:45.907" style="s2">of the glenohumeral joint.</p>
<p begin="00:00:45.907" end="00:00:48.612" style="s2">The fibrillar pattern of<br />the infraspinatus muscle</p>
<p begin="00:00:48.612" end="00:00:50.029" style="s2">is also apparent.</p>
<p begin="00:00:50.900" end="00:00:53.980" style="s2">The transducer is moved slightly medially</p>
<p begin="00:00:53.980" end="00:00:55.591" style="s2">to identify the groove between</p>
<p begin="00:00:55.591" end="00:00:58.149" style="s2">the spine of the scapula and the glenoid</p>
<p begin="00:00:58.149" end="00:00:59.943" style="s2">where the neurovascular bundle</p>
<p begin="00:00:59.943" end="00:01:03.333" style="s2">containing the suprascapular<br />nerve is located.</p>
<p begin="00:01:03.333" end="00:01:05.134" style="s2">Color Doppler should be used to confirm</p>
<p begin="00:01:05.134" end="00:01:09.301" style="s2">the location of the artery<br />with the accompanying nerve.</p>
<p begin="00:00:09.307" end="00:00:11.398" style="s2">with a musculoskeletal exam type</p>
<p begin="00:00:11.398" end="00:00:13.825" style="s2">is used to perform an<br />ultrasound examination</p>
<p begin="00:00:13.825" end="00:00:16.575" style="s2">of the posterior groove of the shoulder.</p>
<p begin="00:00:16.575" end="00:00:18.571" style="s2">The patient is in a sitting position</p>
<p begin="00:00:18.571" end="00:00:21.772" style="s2">with the arm flexed<br />and internally rotated.</p>
<p begin="00:00:21.772" end="00:00:24.076" style="s2">The examiner is positioned<br />behind the patient</p>
<p begin="00:00:24.076" end="00:00:27.586" style="s2">and the transducer is placed<br />posteriorly over the shoulder</p>
<p begin="00:00:27.586" end="00:00:31.172" style="s2">with the orientation marker<br />to the patient's left side.</p>
<p begin="00:00:31.172" end="00:00:34.451" style="s2">The posterior labrum is seen<br />as a triangular structure</p>
<p begin="00:00:34.451" end="00:00:36.711" style="s2">between the bright, hyperechoic glenoid</p>
<p begin="00:00:36.711" end="00:00:38.235" style="s2">and the humeral head.</p>
<p begin="00:00:38.235" end="00:00:41.577" style="s2">The arm is slowly externally<br />and internally rotated</p>
<p begin="00:00:41.577" end="00:00:44.052" style="s2">to evaluate the ball and socket motion</p>
<p begin="00:00:44.052" end="00:00:45.907" style="s2">of the glenohumeral joint.</p>
<p begin="00:00:45.907" end="00:00:48.612" style="s2">The fibrillar pattern of<br />the infraspinatus muscle</p>
<p begin="00:00:48.612" end="00:00:50.029" style="s2">is also apparent.</p>
<p begin="00:00:50.900" end="00:00:53.980" style="s2">The transducer is moved slightly medially</p>
<p begin="00:00:53.980" end="00:00:55.591" style="s2">to identify the groove between</p>
<p begin="00:00:55.591" end="00:00:58.149" style="s2">the spine of the scapula and the glenoid</p>
<p begin="00:00:58.149" end="00:00:59.943" style="s2">where the neurovascular bundle</p>
<p begin="00:00:59.943" end="00:01:03.333" style="s2">containing the suprascapular<br />nerve is located.</p>
<p begin="00:01:03.333" end="00:01:05.134" style="s2">Color Doppler should be used to confirm</p>
<p begin="00:01:05.134" end="00:01:09.301" style="s2">the location of the artery<br />with the accompanying nerve.</p>
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