Incidence of sports-related sternoclavicular joint dislocations in the United States over the last two decades

Table 1 Patient demographics, incident locale, and emergency department disposition

	% (Estimated n)
Sex
Male	91% (1480)
Female	9% (142)
Age
< 5	-
5-17	61% (982)
18-44	28% (456)
45-64	11% (184)
> 65	-
Incident locale
Home	14% (235)
Street	3% (49)
Other public property	2% (32)
School	5% (82)
Place of recreation/sports	57% (917)
Unspecified	19% (307)
Disposition
Released	82% (13370)
Transferred	6% (90)
Admitted	12% (194)

Table 2 Mechanisms of injury

Sport	% (Estimated n)
Football	49% (795)
Wrestling	9% (151)
Bicycle	8% (121)
General exercise	7% (120)
Weightlifting	5% (79)
Trampoline use	4% (71)
Dirt bike	4% (61)
All terrain vehicle	3% (48)
Skateboard	3% (47)
Swimming	2% (39)
Horseback riding	1% (22)
Soccer	1% (21)
Moped	1% (17)
Gymnastics	< 1.0% (15)
Hockey	< 1.0% (15)
Total	1622