Acromioclavicular joint injuries at a Colorado ski resort.
Skiing
shoulder
shoulder separation
snowboarding
sports
trauma
Journal
The Physician and sportsmedicine
ISSN: 2326-3660
Titre abrégé: Phys Sportsmed
Pays: England
ID NLM: 0427461
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
Feb 2023
Feb 2023
Historique:
pubmed:
14
9
2021
medline:
25
1
2023
entrez:
13
9
2021
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
Acromioclavicular joint (ACJ) injuries are among the most common injuries in contact and non-contact sports. As winter sports become more popular, there has been an increase in shoulder injuries among recreational skiers and snowboarders. This was a retrospective analysis of all patients who presented to the Denver Health Winter Park Medical Center with ACJ injury from 2012 to 2017. We examined the incidence of ACJ injuries, the injury mechanism, demographics, and type of ACJ injuries among skiers and snowboarders treated at the clinic. A total of 341 ACJ injuries (6.7% of total visits) were encountered during the study period. The majority of ACJ injures were type I (41.3%) and mainly occurred in men (86.5%). Most (96.8%) of the cases were primary ACJ injuries on the right shoulder (56.9%). The average age of patients with ACJ injuries was 30.0 years (range 10-72). More than half (62.2%) of ACJ injuries occurred while snowboarding. The most common mechanism of injury (93.5%) was fall to the snow while skiing/snowboarding. Women were more likely to have a type I ACJ injury than men (80.4% vs 35.4%; Most of the ACJ injuries were type I and occurred mostly in men. Snowboarders were more likely to have an ACJ injury than skiers. Level IV, Epidemeiology Study.
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BACKGROUND
UNASSIGNED
Acromioclavicular joint (ACJ) injuries are among the most common injuries in contact and non-contact sports. As winter sports become more popular, there has been an increase in shoulder injuries among recreational skiers and snowboarders.
METHODS
UNASSIGNED
This was a retrospective analysis of all patients who presented to the Denver Health Winter Park Medical Center with ACJ injury from 2012 to 2017. We examined the incidence of ACJ injuries, the injury mechanism, demographics, and type of ACJ injuries among skiers and snowboarders treated at the clinic.
RESULTS
UNASSIGNED
A total of 341 ACJ injuries (6.7% of total visits) were encountered during the study period. The majority of ACJ injures were type I (41.3%) and mainly occurred in men (86.5%). Most (96.8%) of the cases were primary ACJ injuries on the right shoulder (56.9%). The average age of patients with ACJ injuries was 30.0 years (range 10-72). More than half (62.2%) of ACJ injuries occurred while snowboarding. The most common mechanism of injury (93.5%) was fall to the snow while skiing/snowboarding. Women were more likely to have a type I ACJ injury than men (80.4% vs 35.4%;
CONCLUSIONS
UNASSIGNED
Most of the ACJ injuries were type I and occurred mostly in men. Snowboarders were more likely to have an ACJ injury than skiers.
LEVEL OF EVIDENCE
UNASSIGNED
Level IV, Epidemeiology Study.
Identifiants
pubmed: 34514939
doi: 10.1080/00913847.2021.1980745
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
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