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A 32-year female tennis player presents with pain over the dominant right shoulder. She describes an insidious onset of symptoms for over 2 years, and her coach has noticed that the shoulder has “dropped”. The pain is described anteriorly over the coracoid and also along the medial border of the scapula posteriorly. Examination reveals a prominent medial border, anteriorly tilted and protracted scapula with loss of the scapulothoracic rhythm during elevation of the arm. Elevation is also associated with pain over the scapular area.
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Griffiths, E. (2017). Scapular Dyskinesis. In: Monga, P., Funk, L. (eds) Diagnostic Clusters in Shoulder Conditions. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-57334-2_22
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