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NC13.5 category

Strain or sprain of shoulder joint

Definition

A collective term for muscle and ligament injuries of the tissues associated with the shoulder joint without dislocation or fracture; a joint injury in which some of the fibers of a supporting ligament are ruptured but the continuity of the ligament remains intact. A strain is an overstretching or overexertion of some part of the musculature.

Also indexed as

Rotator cuff capsule strainStrain of coracohumeral ligamentStrain or sprain of coracohumeral ligamentStrain or sprain of rotator cuff capsuleStrain or sprain of shoulder jointSuperior glenoid labrum lesion

Nearby in Dislocation or strain or sprain of joints or ligaments of shoulder girdle