Open AccessThe 'hooked' acromion revisited
Author(s) -
JG Edelson
Publication year - 1995
Publication title -
journal of bone and joint surgery - british volume
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 0968-7300
pISSN - 0301-620X
DOI - 10.1302/0301-620x.77b2.7706348
Subject(s) - acromion , shoulders , scapula , anatomy , cadaver , calcification , medicine , surgery , pathology , rotator cuff
Examination was made of 750 scapular dry bone specimens from museum collections and 80 cadaver shoulders. Hooking of the acromion was not found in subjects under the age of 30 years. The hooked configuration developed at later ages in an increasing proportion of subjects as a result of calcification of the acromial attachment of the coracoacromial ligament.
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