Nerve injury about the shoulder in athletes, part 2: Long thoracic nerve, spinal accessory nerve, burners/stingers, thoracic outlet syndrome

American Journal of Sports Medicine

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 1063-1076

  Safran, Marc R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Burner; Long thoracic nerve; Nerve; Scapular winging; Serratus anterior palsy; Spinal accessory nerve; Stinger; Thoracic outlet syndrome; Trapezius palsy; Winging

Indexed keywords

NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT;

ARTICLE; ATHLETE; BED REST; BRACE; BURNER SYDROME; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ELECTROSTIMULATION THERAPY; EXERCISE; HUMAN; LONG THORACIC NERVE INJURY; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; NERVE INJURY; NEUROSURGERY; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SCAPULA; SHOULDER; SHOULDER GIRDLE; SPINAL ACCESSORY NERVE INJURY; SPORT INJURY; STINGER SYNDROME; THORAX OUTLET SYNDROME; TRAPEZIUS MUSCLE;

ACCESSORY NERVE; ELECTRODIAGNOSIS; HUMANS; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; THORACIC NERVES; THORACIC OUTLET SYNDROME;

EID: 2442658010     PISSN: 03635465     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0363546504265193     Document Type: Review

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