Stingers and Burners
| Autor: | Matthew Maxwell, Adam Lewno |
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| Rok vydání: | 2017 |
| Předmět: |
030222 orthopedics
Neck pain Weakness medicine.medical_specialty Stinger (medicine) business.industry 030229 sport sciences medicine.disease Surgery 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine medicine.anatomical_structure Dermatome Peripheral nerve injury medicine medicine.symptom Range of motion business Brachial plexus Burning Pain |
| Zdroj: | Musculoskeletal Sports and Spine Disorders ISBN: 9783319505107 |
| DOI: | 10.1007/978-3-319-50512-1_9 |
| Popis: | A stinger or burner is a common athletic injury characterized by the sudden onset of burning pain on the ipsilateral upper extremity following a traumatic event with transient paresthesias and/or weakness radiating from the supraclavicular region into the limb. The athlete’s symptoms often follow the C5, C6, or C7 dermatome and present with shoulder girdle weakness. With each subsequent injury, the experienced symptoms often last longer than the previous occurrence. How stingers occur is controversial but includes traction injury to the cervical roots and/or brachial plexus, compression injury to the cervical nerve roots, or direct trauma to the brachial plexus. The most common exam findings include unilateral arm pain without neck pain, negative Spurling’s test, full active shoulder and neck range of motion, neurovascularly intact upper extremity, decreased Torg ratio, foraminal-vertebral body ratio, and the mean subaxial space available for the cord. The most common treatment for stingers includes rest, physical therapy, and equipment modifications. However, the use of neck collars for stinger prevention is controversial. |
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