Zeitschrift für Trauma und Behandlung

Treatment of Acromioclavicular Joint Injuries in Athletes and in Young Active Patients

Abstract

Cagatay Ulucay, Turhan Ozler, Budak Akman, Burak Aksu, Faik Altintas and Mahmut Nedim Doral

The latter generation of mankind is somehow evolved. The ordinary people under 50 years old are trying to live as professional sports guys. They all do various kinds of sports apart from their ordinary life. They all seek for a better body built and an active life. But most of them started active sports after 3rd decade. Improper physical background plus enthusiastic physical activity ends with various kinds of sports injuries. Our generation of orthopaedic surgeons starts to examine more and more sport related injuries in our daily practice. Acromioclavicular joint (ACJ) injuries are one of them. ACJ injuries rather frequent in athletes as well as the ordinary young, active people because of falls, sports injuries, and accidents. In this review, current treatment modalities for AC joint injuries in athletes and young active patients are given briefly. Those suggestions may also be beneficial for an ordinary person seeking for a faster recovery.