title: [Classification and diagnostics of unstable shoulders].
abstract: Shoulder instability includes a vast spectrum of different manifestations ranging from painful hyperlaxity to chronic locked shoulder dislocations. A correct diagnosis and classification is essential to establish an adequate treatment strategy. The correct use of different clinical tests and signs in combination with the corresponding imaging diagnostics allows an explicit classification and therefore the correct choice of treatment regimes in the majority of cases.
authors.affiliation: Centrum für Muskuloskeletale Chirurgie, Campus-Virchow, Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Deutschland.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Greiner
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Herrmann
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Gerhardt
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Scheibel
mesh_terms: D003952:Diagnostic Imaging / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D007593:Joint Instability / Q000145:classification* / Q000175:diagnosis*; D011859:Radiography; D012783:Shoulder Dislocation / Q000145:classification* / Q000175:diagnosis*; D012785:Shoulder Joint / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology*