title: Sporting injuries to the shoulder.
abstract: Injuries to the shoulder form 7% of all sports injuries and commonly limit the athlete in his or her ability to continue with their chosen sport. Careful management of these injuries, combined with a better knowledge of which soft tissue injuries are most common, is likely to be associated with a better quality of medical and physiotherapy management for the athlete, a reduction in disability, and will ultimately result in the athlete avoiding long-term lay-offs and returning to his or her sporting activities more quickly. This paper summarizes the more common injuries to the shoulder which occur in sporting activities in the UK. The unstable or subluxing shoulder problem has been emphasized because the author believes this is the most common, and the most commonly missed, lesion in the shoulder in the athlete.
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopaedic and Accident Surgery, University of Nottingham, Queen's Medical Centre, UK.
authors.forename: W A
authors.initials: WA
authors.lastname: Wallace
mesh_terms: D000173:Acromioclavicular Joint / Q000293:injuries*; D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D001265:Athletic Injuries / Q000628:therapy*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D004204:Joint Dislocations / Q000628:therapy*; D008297:Male; D012783:Shoulder Dislocation / Q000628:therapy; D000070599:Shoulder Injuries; D013177:Sports; D006113:United Kingdom