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Sports Injuries of the Sternoclavicular Joint

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Although for an athlete, When a shoulder injury is sustained in an athlete, glenohumeral joint injuries comes in mind firstly. But, the shoulder girdle also consists of a lever that is made from the clavicle, sternoclavicular (SC), and acromioclavicular (AC) joints. SC joints are one of the neglected joints, and their injuries and problems are not mentioned in detail most of the time. Their injuries are also rather frequent, and most of them may complicate shoulder injuries as co-injury. Therefore, a sports medicine expert has to be aware of those injuries and know the rational treatments for an athlete. In this chapter, the most common SC joint injuries and problems with the current treatment modalities for an athlete will be given briefly.

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  1. Orthopaedics and Traumatology Department, Yeditepe Medical Faculty, Devlet yolu Ankara caddesi no 102, Kozyatagi, Istanbul, Turkey

    Cagatay Ulucay, Faik Altintas & Turhan Ozler

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  1. Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology and Department of Sports Medicine, Hacettepe University, Istanbul, Turkey

    Mahmut Nedim Doral

  2. Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, Sahlgrenska University Hospital, Gothenburg, Sweden

    Jon Karlsson

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Ulucay, C., Altintas, F., Ozler, T. (2015). Sports Injuries of the Sternoclavicular Joint. In: Doral, M.N., Karlsson, J. (eds) Sports Injuries. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-36569-0_272

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