Figure 1.

Excessive rim-loading mechanism. Repetitive subluxation of the humeral head in the shoulders with hyperlaxity compresses posteroinferior labrum and develops retroversion and eventual fatigue failure of the intra-substance of the labrum which convert the asymptomatic lax shoulder to symptomatic instability.

Kim Sports Medicine, Arthroscopy, Rehabilitation, Therapy & Technology 2009 1:12   doi:10.1186/1758-2555-1-12
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