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The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery (American) 82:415-24 (2000)
© 2000 The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery, Inc.

Current Concepts Review

Current Concepts Review - Suprascapular Nerve Entrapment*

CRAIG A. CUMMINS, M.D.{dagger}, TERRY M. MESSER, M.D.{dagger} and GORDON W. NUBER, M.D.{dagger}, CHICAGO, ILLINOIS

Investigation performed at the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Northwestern University Medical School, Chicago

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   Introduction
 
Suprascapular nerve injuries have become increasingly recognized as a cause of shoulder pain and dysfunction. Since Kopell and Thompson55 first described these injuries in 1959, more than 100 articles addressing this topic have been written, mostly in the last decade. The purpose of this Current Concepts Review is to critically review the rapidly enlarging body of literature on this subject.


   Anatomy
 
The suprascapular nerve is a mixed motor and sensory peripheral nerve arising from the superior trunk (fifth and sixth cervical nerves) of the brachial plexus with a variable contribution from the fourth cervical nerve root (Figs. 1-A and 1-B). A contribution from the fourth cervical nerve root was identified by Lee et al.61 in 22 percent of 152 brachial plexus dissections and was identified by Ajmani3 in five of thirty-four cadavera. The suprascapular nerve supplies motor innervation to the supraspinatus and infraspinatus muscles and sends sensory branches to . . . [Full Text of this Article]


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