Isolated tears of pectoralis minor muscle in professional football players: a case series.
Our objective is to include pectoralis minor injuries in the comprehensive assessment of differential diagnoses for anterior chest wall pain or medial anterior shoulder pain sustained during blocking activities, which may present in football players. In this article, we report 2 cases of isolated pectoralis minor tears in professional football players and present mechanisms of injury, clinical presentations, appropriate diagnostic studies, and treatments.
UHZ Sports Medicine Institute, Coral Gables, Florida 33146, USA.
John E
JE
Zvijac
Bashir
B
Zikria
Angie
A
Botto-van Bemden
D000328:Adult; D001265:Athletic Injuries / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000534:rehabilitation; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005081:Exercise Therapy; D005538:Football / Q000293:injuries*; D006801:Humans; D007537:Isometric Contraction / Q000502:physiology; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D010369:Pectoralis Muscles / Q000293:injuries* / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology; D012540:Scapula / Q000502:physiology; D020069:Shoulder Pain / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000534:rehabilitation; D013178:Sports Medicine; D013180:Sprains and Strains / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000534:rehabilitation