Introduction The biceps brachii muscle is the primary forearm supinator and a secondary elbow flexor. The pathophysiology of distal tendon ruptures is still unclear. Patients with chronic rupture ...

“I'm thinking to myself, I had to have had a slap labrum tear, I had to have had something ... and you can feel your bicep tendon, and I did that. So when I got home that night, I just put ...

the surgeon may consider placing the patient into physical therapy to obtain full range of motion prior to performing the definitive SLAP repair, because the usual four weeks of post-operative ...

resulting in a ‘peel back’ phenomenon at the biceps anchor and leading to the SLAP tear. Physical exam tests vary in their sensitivity and specificity in detecting SLAP lesions, so MRI is helpful in ...