An isolated long thoracic nerve injury in a Navy Airman

Military Medicine

Volumn 169, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 713-715

  Oakes, Michael J ^a   Sherwood, Daniel L ^a  

^a Naval Air Station Lemoore   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GABAPENTIN; NARCOTIC AGENT; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MALE; MOTOR NERVE; NAVY; NERVE INJURY; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; PHYSIOTHERAPY; SCAPULA; AIRCRAFT; INJURY; JOINT CHARACTERISTICS AND FUNCTIONS; MEDICINE; NERVE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; RADICULOPATHY; SOLDIER; SPINE INJURY; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AIRCRAFT; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; HUMANS; MALE; MILITARY PERSONNEL; NAVAL MEDICINE; RADICULOPATHY; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; SCAPULA; SPINAL INJURIES; THORACIC NERVES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 16544393496     PISSN: 00264075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7205/MILMED.169.9.713     Document Type: Article

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