Arthroscopic shoulder assessment in Turkish amateur boxers

• Authors: Hüseyin Özkan , İbrahim Yanmış , Mustafa Kürklü , Ali Şehirlioğlu , Servet Tunay , Mahmut Kömürcü , Mustafa Başbozkurt
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

The most common injuries reported in the literature regarding the sport of boxing are to the brain, eyes, kidneys and hands. Shoulder injuries have not been fully reported in the literature until recently, as a result we aimed to present our arthroscopic findings in amateur boxers. Ten amateur boxers with complaints of pain in the shoulder region and decreased performance during sportsplay were enrolled. They were evaluated by physical examination, radiology and arthroscopy. There were no clinical findings of instability. One patient was found to have subacromial impingement; six had crepitation at various degrees during shoulder movements. At arthroscopy, all patients had a variety of pathological findings. Five patients had Grade 1, three had Grade 2, and two had Grade 3 chondropathy. Various degrees of fraying of the anterosuperior and posterosuperior regions of the glenoid labrum were noted in all cases. Three patients had superior labrum anterior and posterior lesions, one patient had a posterior labroligamentous lesion, and one had chondral erosion in the anterosuperior portion of the humeral head. In conclusions, although the injury mechanism of the shoulder during boxing is unknown, this study shows that shoulder complaints in boxers should be considered as possible indicators of serious intra-articular lesions.

Keywords

EN

Boxer; Shoulder; Arthroscopy

• Publisher: De Gruyter Open
• Journal: Open Medicine
• Year: 2009
• Volume: 4
• Issue: 3
• Pages: 358-362

Dates

published

1 - 9 - 2009

online

3 - 7 - 2009

Contributors

author

Hüseyin Özkan

• Department of Orthopedics, Gülhane Military Medical Academy, 06018, Ankara, Turkey

author

İbrahim Yanmış

• Department of Orthopedics, Gülhane Military Medical Academy, 06018, Ankara, Turkey

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Mustafa Kürklü

• Department of Orthopedics, Gülhane Military Medical Academy, 06018, Ankara, Turkey

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Ali Şehirlioğlu

• Department of Orthopedics, Gülhane Military Medical Academy, 06018, Ankara, Turkey

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Servet Tunay

• Department of Orthopedics, Gülhane Military Medical Academy, 06018, Ankara, Turkey

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Mahmut Kömürcü

• Department of Orthopedics, Gülhane Military Medical Academy, 06018, Ankara, Turkey

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Mustafa Başbozkurt

• Department of Orthopedics, Gülhane Military Medical Academy, 06018, Ankara, Turkey

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Identifiers

DOI

10.2478/s11536-008-0079-x