Atrophy of the brachialis muscle after a displaced clavicle fracture in an Ironman triathlete: case report

Atrophy of the brachialis muscle after a displaced clavicle fracture in an Ironman triathlete: case report

Clavicle fractures are frequent injuries in athletes and midshaft clavicle fractures in particular are well-known injuries in Ironman triathletes. In 2000, Auzou et al. described the mechanism leading to an isolated truncular paralysis of the musculocutaneous nerve after a shoulder trauma. It is wel...

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Main Authors: Rüst, Christoph Alexander, Knechtle, Beat, Knechtle, Patrizia, Rosemann, Thomas
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: BioMed Central 2011
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3201889/
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spelling pubmed-32018892011-10-26 Atrophy of the brachialis muscle after a displaced clavicle fracture in an Ironman triathlete: case report Rüst, Christoph Alexander Knechtle, Beat Knechtle, Patrizia Rosemann, Thomas Case Report Clavicle fractures are frequent injuries in athletes and midshaft clavicle fractures in particular are well-known injuries in Ironman triathletes. In 2000, Auzou et al. described the mechanism leading to an isolated truncular paralysis of the musculocutaneous nerve after a shoulder trauma. It is well-known that nerve palsies can lead to an atrophy of the associated muscle if they persist for months or even longer. In this case report we describe a new case of an Ironman triathlete suffering from a persistent isolated atrophy of the brachialis muscle. The atrophy occurred following a displaced midshaft clavicle fracture acquiring while falling off his bike after hitting a duck during a competition. BioMed Central 2011-10-02 /pmc/articles/PMC3201889/ /pubmed/21961883 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1749-7221-6-7 Text en Copyright © 2011 Rüst et al; licensee BioMed Central Ltd. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0 This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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author Rüst, Christoph Alexander
Knechtle, Beat
Knechtle, Patrizia
Rosemann, Thomas
spellingShingle Rüst, Christoph Alexander
Knechtle, Beat
Knechtle, Patrizia
Rosemann, Thomas
Atrophy of the brachialis muscle after a displaced clavicle fracture in an Ironman triathlete: case report
author_facet Rüst, Christoph Alexander
Knechtle, Beat
Knechtle, Patrizia
Rosemann, Thomas
author_sort Rüst, Christoph Alexander
title Atrophy of the brachialis muscle after a displaced clavicle fracture in an Ironman triathlete: case report
title_short Atrophy of the brachialis muscle after a displaced clavicle fracture in an Ironman triathlete: case report
title_full Atrophy of the brachialis muscle after a displaced clavicle fracture in an Ironman triathlete: case report
title_fullStr Atrophy of the brachialis muscle after a displaced clavicle fracture in an Ironman triathlete: case report
title_full_unstemmed Atrophy of the brachialis muscle after a displaced clavicle fracture in an Ironman triathlete: case report
title_sort atrophy of the brachialis muscle after a displaced clavicle fracture in an ironman triathlete: case report
description Clavicle fractures are frequent injuries in athletes and midshaft clavicle fractures in particular are well-known injuries in Ironman triathletes. In 2000, Auzou et al. described the mechanism leading to an isolated truncular paralysis of the musculocutaneous nerve after a shoulder trauma. It is well-known that nerve palsies can lead to an atrophy of the associated muscle if they persist for months or even longer. In this case report we describe a new case of an Ironman triathlete suffering from a persistent isolated atrophy of the brachialis muscle. The atrophy occurred following a displaced midshaft clavicle fracture acquiring while falling off his bike after hitting a duck during a competition.
publisher BioMed Central
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