Nerve Injury about the Shoulder in Athletes, Part 1: Suprascapular Nerve and Axillary Nerve

American Journal of Sports Medicine

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 803-819

  Safran, Marc R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Axillary nerve; Peripheral nerve; Quadrilateral space syndrome; Shoulder nerves; Suprascapular nerve

Indexed keywords

ATHLETE; AXILLARY NERVE INJURY; BLUNT TRAUMA; BRACHIAL PLEXUS INJURY; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; COUNSELING; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; HUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERIPHERAL NERVE INJURY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUADRILATERAL SPACE SYNDROME; REVIEW; SUPRASCAPULAR NERVE INJURY;

ATHLETIC INJURIES; AXILLA; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HUMANS; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; SCAPULA; SHOULDER;

EID: 1942438977     PISSN: 03635465     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0363546504264582     Document Type: Review

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