Fractures of the scapula occur infrequently, with a fracture of the acromion being an even rarer entity. Acromial fractures constitute 9% of fractures of the scapula, which amounts to 3–5% of shoulder ...

Two joints in the shoulder allow it to move: the acromioclavicular joint, where the highest point of the scapula (acromion) meets the clavicle, and the glenohumeral joint. The glenohumeral joint is ...

The acromioclavicular (AC) joint is formed where your collarbone (clavicle) meets the bony tip of your shoulder blade (acromion). The glenohumeral joint forms where the head of your upper arm bone ...

The rotator cuff tendon is pinched in the limited space between the shoulder joint and the boney “roof” of the joint (the acromion). This repeated impingement causes progressive inflammation, swelling ...

SIS is the compression of the suprahumeral structures against the anteroinferior aspect of the acromion and coracoacromial ligament. The structures most often irritated and inflamed with SIS are the ...

The proper name for the condition is subacromial pain syndrome. This is an umbrella term that refers to pain under the acromion, the top outer edge of the shoulder bone. As many as two-thirds of ...

Expert opinion from Sandeep Kumar Reddy Mallela MBBS BMB Pediatrics persevering · 2 years of experience · India The rotator ...

This part of the muscle is involved in the forward and upward movement of the arms. The middle deltoid originates on the outer edge of the acromion process on the scapula and inserts on the deltoid ...

A subsequent X-ray revealed he had, in fact, broken his acromion, a small bone on the edge of the shoulder blade. Charles had yet another fall from his horse in August 2001 following a goalmouth ...

The test according to Neer and Welsh, cited in Falkel and Murphy, 17 involves a forced flexion of the humerus in internal rotation, jamming the subacromial structures against the anterior third of the ...

Swimmers whose external auditory meatus and lateral acromion were anterior to a vertical line intersecting the lateral malleolus were allowed for inclusion in the study. Swimmers who had performed at ...