Sports Injuries of the Shoulder

The demand and complexity of imaging for shoulder injuries have increased as youth sports participation has increased. The injury patterns are predicated by the degree of skeletal maturity based on the presence of open, closing, or closed physes, a direct or indirect injury mechanism, and chronicity of the injury and symptoms. This chapter will review pediatric shoulder trauma with a focus on sports medicine evidence-based indications for imaging choices and findings in the setting of (1) acute injury with suspicion of fracture, (2) shoulder pain with glenohumeral instability, and (3) shoulder pain without underlying glenohumeral instability.