Diagnosing Suprascapular Neuropathy in Patients with Shoulder Dysfunction: A Report of 5 Cases

Physical Therapy

Volumn 84, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 359-372

  Walsworth, Matthew K ^a   Mills III, James T ^b   Michener, Lori A ^c  

^a WALTER REED ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b McDonald Army Community Hospital   (United States)

^c VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Electrodiagnosis; Electromyography; Nerve; Shoulder; Suprascapular neuropathy

Indexed keywords

NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; STEROID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRACHIAL PLEXUS INJURY; CERVICAL SPINE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; NERVE CONDUCTION; NEUROPATHY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PHYSIOTHERAPY; RADICULOPATHY; ROTATOR CUFF RUPTURE; SHOULDER; SHOULDER DYSFUNCTION; SHOULDER IMPINGEMENT SYNDROME; SHOULDER PAIN; SUPRASCAPULAR NEUROPATHY;

EID: 1642570330     PISSN: 00319023     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ptj/84.4.359     Document Type: Article

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