Arthroscopic shoulder assessment in Turkish amateur boxers |
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Authors: | Hüseyin Özkan İbrahim Yanmış Mustafa Kürklü Ali Şehirlioğlu Servet Tunay Mahmut Kömürcü Mustafa Başbozkurt |
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Institution: | (1) Department of Orthopedics, Gülhane Military Medical Academy, 06018 Ankara, Turkey |
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Abstract: | The most common injuries reported in the literature regarding the sport of boxing are to the brain, eyes, kidneys and hands.
Shoulder injuries have not been fully reported in the literature until recently, as a result we aimed to present our arthroscopic
findings in amateur boxers. Ten amateur boxers with complaints of pain in the shoulder region and decreased performance during
sportsplay were enrolled. They were evaluated by physical examination, radiology and arthroscopy. There were no clinical findings
of instability. One patient was found to have subacromial impingement; six had crepitation at various degrees during shoulder
movements. At arthroscopy, all patients had a variety of pathological findings. Five patients had Grade 1, three had Grade
2, and two had Grade 3 chondropathy. Various degrees of fraying of the anterosuperior and posterosuperior regions of the glenoid
labrum were noted in all cases. Three patients had superior labrum anterior and posterior lesions, one patient had a posterior
labroligamentous lesion, and one had chondral erosion in the anterosuperior portion of the humeral head. In conclusions, although
the injury mechanism of the shoulder during boxing is unknown, this study shows that shoulder complaints in boxers should
be considered as possible indicators of serious intra-articular lesions. |
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Keywords: | Boxer Shoulder Arthroscopy |
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