Shoulder ultrasound in the diagnosis of the suprascapular neuropathy in athletes
Shoulder pain and weakness are common symptoms in athletes who play sports connected with overhead throwing. Suprascapular neuropathy may be one of the reason of such signs.The aim of the study was to find out if ultrasound examination of the shoulder in athletes reveals signs of suprascapular neuro...
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Published in | Open medicine (Warsaw, Poland) Vol. 15; no. 1; pp. 147 - 151 |
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Main Authors | , , |
Format | Journal Article |
Language | English |
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Poland
De Gruyter
01.01.2020
Walter de Gruyter GmbH |
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Summary: | Shoulder pain and weakness are common symptoms in athletes who play sports connected with overhead throwing. Suprascapular neuropathy may be one of the reason of such signs.The aim of the study was to find out if ultrasound examination of the shoulder in athletes reveals signs of suprascapular neuropathy.
This was a cross-sectional study in which 67 professional volleyball, handball and rugby players of polish teams without shoulder disorders, which have played sport for 10 or more years, were included. An ultrasound examination of both shoulders was performed. Excluding criteria were recent shoulder and/or neck trauma and neurological disorders.
No ultrasound signs of suprascapular neuropathy were seen in any player. The only finding was enthesopathy of supraspinatus muscle and this finding was connected with athletes' age, type of sport and with dominant hand. It had statistical significance with p-value respectively 0.01 for athletes' age, 0.0208 for sport type and 0.03 for dominant hand.
Ultrasonography should not be used as the screening examination of shoulders in athletes, but it can sometimes be an additional tool to help to diagnose shoulder disorders. |
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ISSN: | 2391-5463 2391-5463 |
DOI: | 10.1515/med-2020-0022 |