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Shoulder injuries do not occur frequently in football when compared with lesions in other parts of the body. However, dislocations are among the most common types of shoulder injuries and therefore deserve a particular approach. The type of shoulder instability in a football player is usually associated with an acute traumatic episode and is primarily an anterior dislocation. This chapter provides an overview of the current knowledge on the best approach to manage a shoulder dislocation, not only in the acute setting but also in the athlete presenting with instability or recurrent dislocations. Choosing between conservative or surgical treatment depends on several variables, namely, position of the player, timing within season, and the severity of the lesion. Discussion of the best surgical approach is still a matter of debate due to the risk of recurrence and the time away from sports, making prevention one of the most important investments.

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  1. Hospital Forças Armadas – Polo do Porto, Av. Boavista, 4050-112, Porto, Portugal

    Nuno Gomes

  2. Hospital CUF Porto, Estrada da Circunvalação, 14341, 4100-180, Porto, Portugal

    Nuno Gomes

  3. Life and Health Sciences Research Institute (ICVS), School of Health Sciences, University of Minho, Campus de Gualtar, 4710-057, Braga, Portugal

    Nuno Sevivas

  4. Orthopaedics Department, Hospital de Braga, Braga, Portugal

    Nuno Sevivas

  5. Clínica do Dragão, Espregueira-Mendes Sports Centre - FIFA Medical Centre of Excellence, Porto, Portugal

    Nuno Sevivas

  6. ICVS/3B’s–PT Government Associate Laboratory, Braga/Guimarães, Braga, Portugal

    Nuno Sevivas

  7. Dipartimento di Scienze Biomediche per la Salute, Università degli Studi di Milano, Milan, Italy

    Pietro Randelli

  8. U.O. Ortopedia 2, IRCCS Policlinico San Donato, Milan, Italy

    Pietro Randelli

  9. Professor of Sports Medicine and Arthroscopy, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Stanford School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, 94063, USA

    Marc Safran

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    C. Niek van Dijk

  2. Hopital de la Croix-Rousse, University of Lyon 1 Hopital de la, Croix-Rousse, Lyon, France

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Gomes, N., Sevivas, N., Randelli, P., Safran, M. (2017). Shoulder Instability. In: van Dijk, C., Neyret, P., Cohen, M., Della Villa, S., Pereira, H., Oliveira, J. (eds) Injuries and Health Problems in Football . Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-53924-8_30

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