The bilateral long thoracic nerve palsy presenting with "scapula alata", as a result of weight training. A case report

Clinical Neurology

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 308-311

  Ebata, Atsuko ^a   Kokubun, Norito ^a   Miyamoto, Tomoyuki ^a   Hirata, Koichi ^a  

^a DOKKYO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Long thoracic nerve palsy; Scapula alata; Serratus anterior weight training; Winged scapula

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALAR SCAPULA; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BONE DISEASE; CASE REPORT; CLAVICLE FRACTURE; HUMAN; MALE; MUSCLE ATROPHY; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; NERVE PARALYSIS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; WEIGHT LIFTING;

ADULT; ATHLETIC INJURIES; HUMANS; MALE; PARALYSIS; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; SCAPULA; THORACIC NERVES; WEIGHT LIFTING;

EID: 18244379588     PISSN: 0009918X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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