Patient Positioning
Patient seated on a revolving stool, arm in slight internal rotation. Elbow flexed (90°), palm up.
Probe Positioning
Place the probe over the long biceps tendon between the greater and lesser tuberosities in its short axis. Shift the probe up to the intraarticular course of the long head of biceps and down to the myotendinous junction (level of the humeral insertion of the pectoralis major tendon).
Note: transverse scan of the dislocated long head of biceps tendon (with tendinopathy), tear of the subscapularis tendon and calcifications.
Note: longitudinal scan of the dislocated long head of biceps tendon (with tendinopathy), tear of the subscapularis tendon and calcifications.
Note: Dislocation/subluxation of the long head of biceps tendon (lesion of the pulley system)