Suprascapular nerve entrapment: Experience with 28 cases

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 85, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 1020-1025

  Antoniadis, Gregor ^a   Richter, Hans Peter ^a   Rath, Stefan ^a   Braun, Veit ^a   Moese, Gerald ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

Author keywords

entrapment neuropathy; suprascapular nerve

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRACHIAL PLEXUS INJURY; CHRONIC PAIN; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MUSCLE ATROPHY; NERVE COMPRESSION; NERVE DECOMPRESSION; NERVE SURGERY; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHOULDER INJURY; SHOULDER PAIN; SPORT INJURY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0029958082     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/jns.1996.85.6.1020     Document Type: Article

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