“…Muscle hypotonicity, probably due to a reflex reaction to pain, has been suggested as the major cause of inferior glenohumeral subluxation occurring in a few cases of rotator cuff tearing [5] and after shoulder surgery [6]. Finally, other etiologic factors have to be considered in the pathogenesis of inferior subluxation occurring in multidirectional instability, namely various capsuloligamentous lesions secondary to significant trauma or to repetitive minor injury, combined with varying degrees of inherent ligamentous laxity [7,8].…”