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AC Sprains and Clavicle Fractures in Ice Hockey: Bio-mechanical perspective

Posted on by Steve Chmielewski, PT, DPT, Level 5 USA Hockey Coach

AC Sprains and other upper body injuries:

Research in the past has identified that approximately 70% of upper extremity injuries in ice hockey occur during games and that approximately 50% of them can be defined as a sprain, strain, or a fracture.3 The most common diagnosed injury of the shoulder in hockey today is a sprain of the Acromioclavicular (AC) joint, or AC Sprains.

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