What it is
A symptom profile involving the interaction of rotator-cuff, labral, capsular and scapular load in throwing, swimming or volleyball.
Typical clinical symptoms
- Pain while throwing or working overhead
- Reduced speed, accuracy or strength
- Night pain, fatigue or instability symptoms
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Scientific literature
External publications selected for this topic. Their scope may cover a specific condition, population or intervention within this topic; they do not constitute an individual treatment plan.
Care of Shoulder Pain in the Overhead Athlete.
Literature review · 2017
Sports Injuries
When is medical assessment needed?
Deformity or an open wound after trauma, immediate loss of function, disproportionate pain with a tense segment, neurological weakness, worsening symptoms after a head impact, collapse during exertion, confusion in heat and very dark urine after exercise require emergency assessment.
Descriptions are for orientation. Diagnosis follows history, clinical examination and, only when indicated, imaging or laboratory tests.
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