Article
Isolated Tears of Pectoralis Minor Muscle in Professional Football Players: A Case Series
Am J Orthop. 2009 March;38(3):145-147
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John E. Zvijac, MD, Bashir Zikria, MD, and Angie Botto-van Bemden, PhD
Dr. Zvijac is Orthopaedic Surgeon, UHZ Sports Medicine Institute, Coral Gables, Florida.
Dr. Zikria is Orthopaedic Surgeon, Johns Hopkins Medicine, Lutherville, Maryland.
Dr. Botto-van Bemden is Director of Research, UHZ Sports Medicine Institute, Coral Gables, Florida.
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.