Radial nerve palsy in an elite bodybuilder.
case_report · Level V
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Abstract
A case is reported of high radial nerve palsy in an elite bodybuilder caused by an extrinsic mass effect of muscular hypertrophy. Surgical decompression resulted in complete clinical resolution.
Medical subject headings
- Nerve Compression Syndromes
- Radial Neuropathy
- Weight Lifting
Anatomy
- radius
- radius/ulna