Sterling Journal-Advocate

The SLAP lesion of the shoulder — one possible baseball injury

The onset of baseball season means fun days watching our young athletes (or participating) in America’s past time—baseball. One of the more frequently occurring injuries that is a result of rapid or ...
Sterling Journal-Advocate

Shoulder lesion is more than a slap in the face!

This week we are going to discuss another condition of the shoulder that is not as well known as the rotator cuff injuries we have discussed in the past. However, SLAP lesion of the shoulder is every ...
Healthline

SLAP Tear of the Shoulder: What You Need to Know

A SLAP tear is a type of shoulder injury. It affects the labrum, which is the cartilage on the rim of the shoulder’s socket. The labrum is a rubber-like tissue that holds the ball of the shoulder ...
BMJ

Author response—sham surgery versus labral repair or biceps tenodesis for type II SLAP lesions of the shoulder: a three-armed randomised clinical trial

Correspondence to Profosser Jens Ivar Brox, Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway; j.i.brox{at}medisin.uio.no The patients enrolled in our study ...
BMJ

Sham surgery versus labral repair or biceps tenodesis for type II SLAP lesions of the shoulder: a three-armed randomised clinical trial

Background Labral repair and biceps tenodesis are routine operations for superior labrum anterior posterior (SLAP) lesion of the shoulder, but evidence of their efficacy is lacking. We evaluated the ...