@article{ref1,
title="Sports-related acute shoulder injuries in an urban population",
journal="BMJ open sport and exercise medicine",
year="2019",
author="Enger, Martine and Skjaker, Stein Arve and Nordsletten, Lars and Pripp, Are Hugo and Melhuus, Knut and Moosmayer, Stefan and Brox, Jens Ivar",
volume="5",
number="1",
pages="e000551-e000551",
abstract="OBJECTIVES: More than a third of sports injuries involve the upper extremity. The primary aim was to quantify and describe sports-related shoulder injuries in a general population cohort. A secondary aim was to compare aspects of these injuries to those that were not sports-related. <br><br>METHODS: We performed a prospective registration of the activity at the time of shoulder injury in all cases admitted during 1 year in a combined primary care and orthopaedic emergency department serving a defined population. The electronic patient records and patient reported questionnaires were reviewed. <br><br>RESULTS: Twenty-nine per cent (n=781) of 2650 registered shoulder injuries were reported to be sports-related, with the highest proportion in acromioclavicular injuries (>50%). Patients with sports injuries were younger than those injured during other activities (median age 28 and 43 years, respectively, p<0.001), and more often male (78% and 52%, respectively, p<0.001). There was a strong gender disparity in incidence of sports-related shoulder injuries in adolescents and young adults, which was not observed in non-sports shoulder injuries. Football (soccer) (6-29 years), cycling (30-49 years), skiing (50-69 years) and martial arts were the dominating sports activities. Fractures were more common in skiing and cycling than in other major sports in the study. <br><br>CONCLUSIONS: Almost a third of the shoulder injuries occurred during sports. The types of sports involved varied with age and gender. The comparison of sport to non-sport shoulder injury incidence rates suggests that the increased risk of shoulder injuries in young males is mainly attributable to sports injuries.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="2055-7647",
doi="10.1136/bmjsem-2019-000551",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjsem-2019-000551"
}