Myoclonus of the scapula after acute long thoracic nerve lesions: A case report

Movement Disorders

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 71-73

  Camerota, Filippo ^a   Celletti, Claudia ^a   Paoloni, Marco ^a   Serrao, Mariano ^a   Inghilleri, Maurizio ^b   Pierelli, Francesco ^a   Santilli, Valter ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Long thoracic nerve; Myoclonus; Rehabilitation; Scapula

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACK MUSCLE; CASE REPORT; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DELTOID MUSCLE; DISEASE DURATION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FREQUENCY MODULATION; HUMAN; KINESIOTHERAPY; LABORATORY TEST; MASSAGE; MEDICAL RECORD; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; MUSCLE STRETCHING; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; MYOCLONUS; NERVE LESION; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCAPULA; SCHOOL CHILD; TRAPEZIUS MUSCLE;

ACUTE DISEASE; CHILD; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MYOCLONUS; NEURAL CONDUCTION; PHYSICAL THERAPY MODALITIES; SCAPULA; THORACIC NERVES; TRAUMA, NERVOUS SYSTEM;

EID: 33244457567     PISSN: 08853185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mds.20647     Document Type: Article

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