Anatomical basis of the suprascapular nerve entrapment, and clinical relevance of the supraspinatus fascia

Surgical and Radiologic Anatomy

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 277-284

  Duparc, Fabrice ^a,b   Coquerel, Dorothée ^a,b   Ozeel, Jocelyn ^a   Noyon, Maxime ^a   Gerometta, Antoine ^a   Michot, Chantal ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE ROUEN   (France)

^b ROUEN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Anatomy; Nerve entrapment; Suprascapular nerve; Supraspinatus fascia; Tunnel syndrome

Indexed keywords

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CADAVER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISSECTION; FASCIA; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; INFRASPINATUS FASCIA; LIGAMENT; MALE; MORPHOMETRICS; NERVE COMPRESSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHOULDER; SPINOGLENOID LIGAMENT; SPINOGLENOID NOTCH; SUPRASCAPULAR NERVE ENTRAPMENT; SUPRASCAPULAR NOTCH; SUPRASPINATUS FASCIA; SUPRASPINATUS FOSSA; SURGICAL ANATOMY; INNERVATION; MIDDLE AGED; SCAPULA;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CADAVER; FASCIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE COMPRESSION SYNDROMES; SCAPULA; SHOULDER JOINT;

EID: 77953920792     PISSN: 09301038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00276-010-0631-7     Document Type: Article

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