Shoulder injuries in Brazilian professional football players: epidemiological analysis of 3828 games.

Objectives: Football is a globally played sport that poses potential risks for musculoskeletal injuries. Upper-limb injuries have a lower incidence rate than lower-limb injuries but can still cause absenteeism and performance impairment in football players. This descriptive epidemiological study aimed to evaluate and compare the epidemiological data on shoulder injuries among professional football players in two major Brazilian football championships.

Evaluation of Latarjet procedure in female athletes: a 3-year follow-up prospective cohort study.

Background: Although there is a low incidence of shoulder instability in women, this population is still representative and is often associated with lower rates of return to sports. Few studies have evaluated the results of the Latarjet procedure in this population.

Methods: This was a prospective cohort study of female athletes who underwent the Latarjet procedure between 2013 and 2018.

Acetabularization as a Protective Factor in Rotator Cuff Arthropathy.

 To check if shoulders with acetabularization have better functional results in cases of rotator cuff arthropathy.  A clinical and radiological cross-sectional evaluation of 65 shoulders with rotator cuff arthropathy by measuring the range of motion (RoM) of the shoulder, the Constant-Murley score, and the radiological classifications of Hamada and Seebauer. The clinical findings were compared with the radiographic findings.

Complex shoulder injuries in sports.

A 26-year-old Olympic wrestling athlete presented with a pectoralis major muscle injury, glenohumeral instability and acromioclavicular joint dislocation separately. The patient underwent surgical treatment to repair these injuries. The pectoralis major muscle was reconstructed with a semitendinosus tendon graft using the endobutton technique, as described by Pochini et al.

The pectoralis major footprint: An anatomical study.

Objective: To study the insertion of the pectoralis major tendon to the humerus, through knowledge of its dimensions in the coronal and sagittal planes.

Methods: Twenty shoulders from 10 cadavers were dissected and the pectoralis major tendon insertion on the humerus was identified and isolated. The dimensions of its "footprint" (proximal to distal and medial to lateral borders) and the distance from the top edge of the pectoralis major tendon to apex of the humeral head structures were measured.

Anatomic study of the coracoid process: safety margin and practical implications.

Purpose: The aim of this study was to define a safety margin for coracoid process osteotomy that does not compromise the coracoclavicular ligaments and that can be used in the coracoid transfer procedures.

Methods: Thirty shoulders from 15 cadavers were dissected, exposing the coracoid process and attached anatomic structures. The distance of the insertion of these structures to the coracoid process apex was measured.

OSTEOTOMIES OF THE CORACOID PROCESS: AN ANATOMICAL STUDY.

Objective: Relate the main tendinous and ligamentous structures attached in the coracoid process, correlating it to several levels of osteotomy and describing the involved structures.

Methods: Thirty shoulders were dissected. The coracoid process with mainly inserted anatomic structures was dissected, and five levels of osteotomy (1.

Exact moment of bilateral scapular fracture during skydiving captured on video.

A skydiving athlete suffered bilateral scapular fracture while jumping from the plane. A camera showed the exact moment of fracture. The injury seemed to occur during hyperextension of the arms; however, the most common mechanism of fracture is during direct trauma of the shoulder.

An iliac bone stress fracture in a basketball player.

The authors describe the case of an athlete from the Brazilian national men's basketball team (sub-16) who reported pain in the right iliac region at the end of the season. Clinical and imaging exams revealed an iliac bone stress fracture. A conservative treatment of removing the load from the fracture in combination with physical therapy was chosen.