The incidence of nerve injury in anterior dislocation of the shoulder and its influence on functional recovery. A prospective clinical and EMG study

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery - Series B

Volumn 81, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 679-685

  Visser, C P J ^a   Coene, L N J E M ^a   Brand, R ^a,b   Tavy, D L J ^a  

^a LEYENBURG HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^b LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; AXILLARY NERVE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEMATOMA; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; NERVE FIBER; NERVE INJURY; PARESIS; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SCHOOL CHILD; SHOULDER DISLOCATION; SUPRASCAPULAR NERVE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERIPHERAL NERVES; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SHOULDER DISLOCATION;

EID: 0032701011     PISSN: 0301620X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1302/0301-620X.81B4.9005     Document Type: Article

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