 Uni- or multi-directional instability

 Traumatic or atraumatic
o Traumatic cases are often
unidirectional with an
associated capsulolabral injury
o Atraumatic cases are often
multidirectional with
associated hyperlaxity
 Presence or absence of accompanying
soft tissue hyperlaxity
o Causes of soft tissue
hyperlaxity, including patulous
capsular laxity, can be
congenital, or secondary to
repeated microtrauma, major
trauma, multiple instability
events, and recurrences, or a
combination of all of these
factors