This week we are going to discuss acromioclavicular joint injuries of the shoulder and the specifics of each individual type in order that the reader understand first and foremost that an AC joint ...

Urist, M. R. Complete dislocations of acromioclavicular joint: nature of traumatic lesion and effective methods of treatment with analysis of forty-one cases. J. Bone & Joint Surg. 28:813–837, 1946.

The management of acromioclavicular joint dislocations has evolved considerably, with treatment strategies principally guided by the severity of injury as determined by the Rockwood Classification ...

A 23-year-old Junior-A hockey player presents with a grade III acromioclavicular (AC) joint dislocation. His question is: "Doc, can I play the season?" (Figure 1). A radiograph demonstrates that ...

The researchers performed the flipptack fixation button technique on 50 patients with acromioclavicular joint separations. Twenty-nine patients had type IV dislocations and 21 had type V dislocations.

Mechanical trauma of the acromioclavicular (AC) joint can result in the rupture of the ligament complex extending between the acromion, the clavicle and the coracoid process. Corresponding to the ...

He was initially diagnosed with a sternoclavicular joint dislocation and treated non-weight-bearing in ... joint and no tenderness around the distal clavicle or acromioclavicular joint.

There is no clear evidence that operative treatment improves short-term outcome for complete acromioclavicular (AC) joint dislocation. Skip to navigation Skip to main content. Menu Close.

Complete dislocation at the acromioclavicular joint is not invariably associated with avulsion of the coronoid and trapezoid ligaments, or as Dr. Bosworth calls them, the "coracoclavicular ligament." ...

Background: The acromioclavicular joint (ACJ) is one of the more common sites of shoulder girdle injury, accounting for 4–12% of all such injuries, with an incidence of 3–4 cases per 100 000 ...