Pains of the Acromioclavicular Articulation in Differential Diagnostics

 

Acute Origin of Pains of the Acromioclavicular Articulation

At younger and healthy people the acute pains are mostly caused by trauma, a fall or an injury in sport . The injury can damage the acromioclavicular articulation which later reacts by a development of arthrotic changes. The acute arising of pains in this area we can meet also at infectious arthritis which is really very rare.

 

 

Chronic Coarse of Pains of the Acromioclavicular Articulation

Chronic pains of the acromioclavicular articulation are very often manifestations of rheumatoid affections and traumatic synovitis of the acromioclavicular articulation or blockades in this articulation, also very often with the symptoms of secondary impigement syndrome.