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The schematic drawing of entrapment sites in suprascapular nerve compression syndrome (entrapment sites are shown with a black arrow. A: The suprascapular notch, B: The spino-glenoid notch. SSN: Suprascapular nerve, SS: Supraspinatus muscle, IS: Infraspinatus muscle).

The schematic drawing of entrapment sites in suprascapular nerve compression syndrome (entrapment sites are shown with a black arrow. A: The suprascapular notch, B: The spino-glenoid notch. SSN: Suprascapular nerve, SS: Supraspinatus muscle, IS: Infraspinatus muscle).

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Entrapment neuropathy is a condition characterized by motor, sensory and autonomic deficits that occur as a result of compression of the peripheral nerve at certain points along its anatomical course for different reasons. Although each peripheral nerve has anatomical or compression-appropriate areas, this can occur at any point along the course of...

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... reaches the infraspinatus fossa by passing through this notch. It supplies the infraspinatus muscle and posterior aspect of the glenohumeral joint (Figure 4). [8,16,26] Description: This clinical condition is characterized by the suprascapular nerve compression at the suprascapular notch or at the spino-glenoid notch. ...