Case Review
Superior Sternoclavicular Joint Dislocation in a High School Athlete

Athletic Training & Sports Health Care  Vol. 1   No. 6   November/December 2009

By Natalie H. Maseda, ATC; Jacqueline L. Clark, MS, ATC, LAT, CSCS, CES; Patricia M. Tripp, PhD, LAT, ATC, CSCS

ABSTRACT

True sternoclavicular joint dislocations are uncommon in athletics. Sternoclavicular joint integrity should be evaluated when a clavicle fracture is suspected, and in younger athletes with a sternoclavicular joint dislocation, diagnostic imaging should be obtained to rule out a physeal fracture. We present a superior sternoclavicular joint dislocation that occurred from a sports-related injury in a 17-year-old high school football player.

AUTHORS

Ms Maseda is from the University of Southern California, Los Angeles, Calif; Ms Clark is from the Department of Athletics, University of Southern Maine, Gorham, Me; Dr Tripp is from the Department of Applied Physiology and Kinesiology, University of Florida, Gainesville, Fla.

Originally submitted May 1, 2009.

Accepted for publication May 26, 2009.

The authors have no financial or proprietary interest in the materials presented herein.

Address correspondence to Natalie H. Maseda, ATC, University of Southern California, Division of Biokinesiology and Physical Therapy, 1540 Alcazar Street, CHP 155, Los Angeles, CA 90089-9006; e-mail: maseda@usc.edu.

doi:10.3928/19425864-20091019-04