TY - JOUR
T1 - Isolated tears of pectoralis minor muscle in professional football players
T2 - a case series.
AU - Zvijac, John E.
AU - Zikria, Bashir
AU - Botto-van Bemden, Angie
PY - 2009/3
Y1 - 2009/3
N2 - 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.
AB - 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.
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M3 - Article
C2 - 19377649
AN - SCOPUS:66549129716
VL - 38
SP - 145
EP - 147
JO - American Journal of Orthopedics
JF - American Journal of Orthopedics
SN - 1078-4519
IS - 3
ER -