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Timothy L. Uhl

Timothy L. Uhl

Dr. Uhl has been practicing physical therapy and athletic training since 1985 in various sport medicine settings. Tim received his bachelors in health science from the University of Kentucky in physical therapy. After three years of clinical practice at the Lexington Sports Medicine Center he went on to receive his masters’ degree in Kinesiology from the University of Michigan. At Michigan he worked with the athletic programs and at MedSport their sports medicine outpatient center. He served both on the staff and as the director of outpatient physical therapy at the Human Performance and Rehabilitation Centers in Columbus, GA. He completed his doctorate in sports medicine from the University of Virginia in 1998 where he studied shoulder proprioception and is presently a Professor in the Department of Physical Therapy, at the University of Kentucky. Dr. Uhl is an active member of the APTA, NATA, American Society of Shoulder and Elbow Therapist (ASSET) and American Shoulder and Elbow Surgeons (ASES), and American Baseball Biomechanics Society (ABBS)

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    SLAP tears are common in overhead athletes. Proper diagnosis and effective management of a SLAP tear in the overhead athlete is imperative for successful return to play. Diagnostically, athletic trainers have a large number of special tests to consider when ruling in or out a SLAP lesion. However, in recent literature, special tests used to diagnose SLAP lesions have been found to lack validity, suffer frequent user error, and/or have limited diagnostic utility. Despite these literature findings and limited clinical diagnostic success, athletic trainers continue to include these tests in their evaluation battery. Once diagnosed, the management of SLAP lesions is approached through…