Bicipital Groove Clicking
A chondral print has been noted in patients and thought to be an indirect sign of lhb instability 9 and chondromalacia beside the bicipital groove or the biceps tendon footprint has also been attributed to maltracking of the lhb in the setting of rotator cuff tears and instability 10.
Bicipital groove clicking. The most common treatments for biceps tendon problems include a biceps tenotomy and a biceps tenodesis. D groeve a groove between the greater and lesser tubercles of the humerus for passage of the tendon of the long head of the biceps muscle. Rotate the arm and forearm externally and locate the biceps muscle distally near the elbow. As you check for tendon tenderness rolling the tendon under the fingertips may be helpful.
The biceps tendon is contained in the rotator interval a triangular area between the subscapularis and supraspinatus tendons at the shoulder figure 1. Bicipital synonyms bicipital pronunciation bicipital translation english dictionary definition of bicipital. Surgical treatments of the biceps tendon may be considered. A tenotomy means to cut the tendon of the long head of the biceps so that the tendon retracts back into the arm and away from the shoulder where it can cause pain.
The rotator interval is responsible for keeping the biceps tendon in its correct. Attrition of the tendon and changes in the transverse humeral ligament render it prone to displacement from the bicipital groove. Commonly a rotatory injury of the shoulder in which forceful rotation of the arm externally is followed by symptoms of painful clicking or thumping in the shoulder is present in the history. The long head of the biceps tendon is frequently involved in shoulder pathologies often in relation to inflammatory or degenerative damage to the rotator cuff.
Track the muscle and its tendon proximally into the bicipital groove along the anterior aspect of the humerus. The bicipital groove is defined by the greater tuberosity lateral and the lesser tuberosity medial. Having two heads or points of origin as a muscle. The biceps tendon travels through the bicipital groove on the front of the shoulder ball which is where most inflammation usually friction related occurs.
Some patients describe muscle weakness and clicking or snapping with shoulder movements. Tenotomy of the long head of the biceps tendon is a simpler and quicker procedure than tenodesis.