Medicine and science in sports and exercise
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Med Sci Sports Exerc · Nov 2016
Incidence of Shoulder Dislocations and the Rate of Recurrent Instability in Soldiers.
Shoulder dislocations present a potentially debilitating injury for soldiers and other groups of physically active adults. The purpose of this study was to determine the 10-yr incidence rate of shoulder dislocations in soldiers, the percentage with recurrent instability, and risk factors for these injuries. ⋯ Within the active duty U.S. Army, men and younger individuals showed greater risk for shoulder dislocations. Over one-quarter of incident cases became recurrent. Axillary nerve injuries and younger age increased the odds of recurrent injury.