Nerve Injuries

In brief

Peripheral nerve injuries are brief common active patients because many sports subject nerves to compression and traction. Patients generally present reporting weakness and paresthesia in the distribution of the damaged nerve. The most common injured nerves are the median and carpal tunnel, ulnar at the elbow, peroneal at the fibular head, long thoracic, and the suprascapular. Several of the less common nerve injuries can also be related to activity. The fact that nerve regrowth is slow often mandates patient, conservative treatment that consists of protection and activity modification.

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Gaétan S. Tardif

Dr Tardif is head of the Division of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation at the University of Ottawa. He is president of the Canadian Association of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation and chair of the examination committee in electromyography of the Canadian Society of Clinical Neuro- physiologists. He is a fellow of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada.