Suprascapular nerve block disrupts the normal pattern of scapular kinematics

Clinical Biomechanics

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 545-553

  McCully, Sean P ^a   Suprak, David N ^b   Kosek, Peter ^c   Karduna, Andrew R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

^c Pain Consultants of Oregon   (United States)

Author keywords

Nerve block; Rotator cuff tears; Scapular kinematics; Shoulder

Indexed keywords

BIOMECHANICS; FORCE MEASUREMENT; KINEMATICS; MOTION ESTIMATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION;

NERVE BLOCK; ROTATOR CUFF TEARS; SCAPULAR KINEMATICS; SHOULDER;

PATIENT TREATMENT;

LIDOCAINE;

ADULT; ARM MOVEMENT; ARTICLE; CLAVICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; KINEMATICS; MAGNETISM; MALE; MUSCLE FORCE; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; NERVE; NERVE BLOCK; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROTATOR CUFF RUPTURE; SCAPULA; SUPRASCAPULAR NERVE; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

ADULT; BIOMECHANICS; FEMALE; HUMANS; ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MALE; MOVEMENT; NERVE BLOCK; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; REFERENCE VALUES; ROTATOR CUFF; RUPTURE; SCAPULA; SHOULDER JOINT; STRESS, MECHANICAL;

EID: 33744535793     PISSN: 02680033     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinbiomech.2006.02.001     Document Type: Article

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