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Traumatic stress of the shoulder can weaken the static stabilizers and promote major injuries as dislocation or full-thickness tears of the rotator cuff. The goal of this study is to evaluate the clinical and ultrasonographic dominant shoulder factures in a group of amateur rugby players, with no history of shoulder injuries, and to compare them with those of a control group.<\/jats:p>\n              <\/jats:sec><jats:sec>\n                <jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title>\n                <jats:p>52 male subjects join in the study: 26 amateur rugby players and 26 subjects, which did not practice rugby or competitive sport. Clinical history was obtained from all subjects, followed by dominant shoulder physical and ultrasonographic exams.<\/jats:p>\n              <\/jats:sec><jats:sec>\n                <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                <jats:p>Rugby players showed a higher prevalence of positive clinical test, suggesting subacromial impingement than control group (<jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\u2009=\u20090.01).<\/jats:p>\n                <jats:p>Among rugby group, five players (19,2%) showed positive test for radiculopathy (<jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\u2009=\u20090,02), and ten players (73,1%) reported shoulder pain needing pain-reliever drugs at list one time in the last six months (<jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\u2009=\u20090.001). In rugby group, ultrasound exams showed 23,1% degenerative changes and 30,8% tendon calcifications in supraspinatus tendons (<jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\u2009&lt;\u20090.05).<\/jats:p>\n              <\/jats:sec><jats:sec>\n                <jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title>\n                <jats:p>Uninjured dominant shoulder of rugby players shows higher prevalence of clinical and ultrasound changes compare to control. Some rugby players without history of cervical symptoms show positive clinical test of cervical radiculopathy. Clinical and ultrasonographic monitoring of the shoulder can play a role in prevention and knowledge of silent shoulder damage in these athletes.<\/jats:p>\n              <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1007\/s40477-024-00897-6","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2024,4,6]],"date-time":"2024-04-06T08:02:14Z","timestamp":1712390534000},"page":"605-611","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1007\/springer_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":3,"title":["Clinical and ultrasonographic evaluation of uninjured dominant shoulder in amateur rugby players vs a control group: a pilot study"],"prefix":"10.1007","volume":"27","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-1469-2138","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Giovanni","family":"Monteleone","sequence":"first","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-8085-5911","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Alfonso","family":"Tramontana","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-4513-151X","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Roberto","family":"Sorge","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"297","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2024,4,6]]},"reference":[{"key":"897_CR1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"75","DOI":"10.1016\/j.smhs.2022.03.002","volume":"4","author":"DA King","year":"2022","unstructured":"King DA, Clark TN, Hume PA, Hind K (2022) Match and training injury incidence in rugby league: a systematic review, pooled analysis, and update on published studies. 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