CHRONIC LESION OF THE SUPRASCAPULAR NERVE IN TOP-LEVEL ATHLETES

1 September 1988

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Vol. 59 (9) , 545-548

Abstract

The clinical and electrophysiological examination of 36 top-level volleyball players showed a surprascapular neuropathy in 28% of the subjects. The most commonly observed clinical symptom was a focal severe atrophy of the m. infraspinatus, combined with loss of strength of the arm in abduction and external rotation. In constrast to previous reports on suprascapular neuropathies in volleyball players, the present investigation demonstrates an additional milder affection also of the nerve fibres supplying the m. supraspinatus.

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