Trauma to the long thoracic nerve and associated scapula winging in a low-velocity rear-end automobile collision: Case report

Journal of Trauma - Injury, Infection and Critical Care

Volumn 57, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 402-403

  Gupta, Vijay ^a   Posner, Bryan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b University of California   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; HUMAN; LONG THORACIC NERVE; NERVE; NERVE INJURY; NERVE PARALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCAPULA; SCAPULA WINGING; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADULT; BIOMECHANICS; BODY HEIGHT; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; POSTURE; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; RISK FACTORS; ROTATION; SCAPULA; SEAT BELTS; THORACIC NERVES;

EID: 4444286255     PISSN: 00225282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.TA.0000053468.19289.54     Document Type: Article

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