Burners, Stingers, and Other Brachial Plexus Injuries in the Contact Athlete

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• 作者：Rick Tosti ; MD^⁎ ; ^{rjtosti@gmail.com} ; William Rossy ; MD^⁎ ; Anthony Sanchez ; BS^&dagger ; ; Sang Gil Lee ; MD^⁎
• 关键词：stinger ; burner ; transient brachial plexopathy ; brachial plexus
• 刊名：Operative Techniques in Sports Medicine
• 出版年：2016
• 出版时间：December 2016
• 年：2016
• 卷：24
• 期：4
• 页码：273-277
• 全文大小：729 K
• 卷排序：24

文摘

Transient brachial plexopathy, or the stinger syndrome, is a transient neurapraxia resulting from a stretch or compression of the upper roots of the brachial plexus. Contact athletes are most commonly affected; symptoms range from a fleeting radicular pain in the upper extremity to weakness and numbness that may last a few weeks. It is critical for the on-field physician to distinguish this entity from cervical spine injury. Stingers are usually treated successfully with supportive care and rehabilitation focused on range of motion, strengthening, and sport-specific therapy. Severe injuries with lasting effects are rare and may be treated with a variety of surgical approaches depending on the degree of disability and chronicity.