Orthopedic Surgical Protocol: SLAP
NPTE Clinical Files | Physical Therapy
Kyle Rice
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🗓️ 25 December 2019
⏱️ 14 minutes
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Summary
Jake underwent a type 2 slap repair 1.5 weeks ago and has been cleared to begin physical therapy. The physical therapist is challenged with determining which of the following interventions is the LEAST recommended.
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| 0:00.0 | You are now tuning in to the MPTE clinical files to mock MPTE-based questions told and solved |
| 0:07.0 | week by week. Thank you for tuning in to the MPT clinical files. My name is Kyle Rice, the MPT |
| 0:12.2 | prep coach, the founder of the PT Hustle and the creator of the MPT Prep Success Coaching Program. |
| 0:18.4 | And if you would like a free cheat sheet that goes along with this specific |
| 0:22.4 | question, tune in to the end of this episode. And I'm going to give you more information on how to |
| 0:27.7 | get that. All right. So for our next MPT clinical file, we have our patient Jake. And Jake |
| 0:33.0 | underwent a type 2 slot repair 1.5 weeks ago and has been clear to begin physical therapy. |
| 0:41.2 | Upon examination, the patient presents with minimal pain and is immobilized in a sling. |
| 0:48.1 | Which of the following interventions is the least recommended? |
| 0:51.9 | So we have A, instruction on gentle pendulums, B, passive external rotation up to 30 degrees with the affected arm outside. |
| 1:02.4 | C is grade one, grade two, joint oscillations. |
| 1:06.3 | And D is assisted internal rotation up to 45 degrees with the affected arm in the scapular plane. |
| 1:16.1 | All right. |
| 1:16.7 | So you could definitely see that this question is all about more of these, the orthopedic |
| 1:20.7 | surgical protocol for a slap tear. |
| 1:24.0 | All right. |
| 1:24.8 | So let's go up to the top of this one. |
| 1:29.7 | Jake underwent a type two slat repair 1.5 weeks ago and has been cleared to begin physical therapy. Now let's go |
| 1:35.4 | ahead and stop there for for a little bit. Let's take a look at this whole idea of type 2 |
| 1:41.0 | slat repair. The type 2 slot repair is literally the most common type. If you're not |
| 1:47.4 | familiar with a slap tear, you need to be. All right. It is a tear of the labrum. And the reason why |
| 1:53.5 | they call it slap is because it's it's a tear of the superior labrum from anterior to posterior. |
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