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Acromioclavicular joint injuries at a Colorado ski resort
- Source :
- The Physician and sportsmedicine.
- Publication Year :
- 2021
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Abstract
- BACKGROUND 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 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 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%; P
- Subjects :
- Right shoulder
medicine.medical_specialty
Demographics
business.industry
Incidence (epidemiology)
Physical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation
Level iv
medicine.anatomical_structure
Mechanism of injury
Retrospective analysis
Physical therapy
medicine
Acromioclavicular joint
Orthopedics and Sports Medicine
business
human activities
Ski resort
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 23263660
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- The Physician and sportsmedicine
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....9a5e37dc133a7f4ed87bca73094c9fcd