Abstract
Our objective is to include pectoralis minor injuries in the comprehensive assessment of differential diagnoses for anterior chest wall pain or medial anterior shoulder pain sustained during blocking activities, which may present in football players. In this article, we report 2 cases of isolated pectoralis minor tears in professional football players and present mechanisms of injury, clinical presentations, appropriate diagnostic studies, and treatments.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 145-147 |
Number of pages | 3 |
Journal | American journal of orthopedics (Belle Mead, N.J.) |
Volume | 38 |
Issue number | 3 |
State | Published - Mar 2009 |
Externally published | Yes |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Medicine(all)