Shoulder Injuries Related to COVID-19 Vaccination

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Daniel Moya
Diego Gómez
Rufino César Ruíz
Marcela Balzarini
Laura Muñoz González

Abstract

Shoulder injury attributable to vaccination (SIRVA) is an adverse event secondary to inoculation. Its most frequent cause has been vaccination against influenza, but the current massive campaign against the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic makes it an injury whose knowledge is of importance for specialists. It includes different structural lesions and has a torpid and prolonged evolution. SIRVAs must be reported to the sanitary control agencies. Their treatment is based on the use of corticosteroids and rehabilitation.

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Moya, D., Gómez, D., Ruíz, R. C., Balzarini, M., & Muñoz González, L. (2021). Shoulder Injuries Related to COVID-19 Vaccination. Revista De La Asociación Argentina De Ortopedia Y Traumatología, 86(6), 842-849. https://doi.org/10.15417/issn.1852-7434.2021.86.6.1421
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Author Biographies

Daniel Moya, Orthopedics and Traumatology Service, Hospital Británico de Buenos Aires, Autonomous City of Buenos Aires, Argentina

Orthopedics and Traumatology Service, Hospital Británico de Buenos Aires, Autonomous City of Buenos Aires, Argentina

Diego Gómez, Orthopedics and Traumatology Service, Hospital Británico de Buenos Aires, Autonomous City of Buenos Aires, Argentina

Orthopedics and Traumatology Service, Hospital Británico de Buenos Aires, Autonomous City of Buenos Aires, Argentina

Rufino César Ruíz, Orthopedics and Traumatology Service, Sanatorio Dupuytren (Buenos Aires, Argentina)

Orthopedics and Traumatology Service, Sanatorio  Dupuytren (Buenos Aires, Argentina)

Marcela Balzarini, Emergency Unit, “Bernardino Rivadavia” Hospital, Autonomous City of Buenos Aires, Argentina

Emergency Unit, “Bernardino Rivadavia” Hospital, Autonomous City of Buenos Aires, Argentina

Laura Muñoz González, Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Service, Complejo Asistencial Zamora, Castilla y León, Spain

Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Service, Complejo Asistencial Zamora, Castilla y León, Spain

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