NEW ORLEANS — Patients with an anterior dislocation of the glenohumeral joint have had a 0% recurrence rate when immobilized in external rotation, according to the early results of a Japanese study.

Have you ever seen a pitcher throwing a baseball? This action, which involves maintaining stability on one foot while also moving both the free leg and the torso, activates the hip external rotators.

1 Sports Medicine Service, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, NYU Hospital for Joint Diseases, New York, New York, USA Correspondence to: Dr J Rosen Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, NYU Hospital for ...

Data sources An electronic database search was conducted (to 6 August 2012) of databases such as: MEDLINE, CINAHL, EMBASE, PubMed and Cochrane Databases. References from identified articles were ...