Suprascapular nerve entrapment : Advances in Finland

Fifty-four patients with suprascapular nerve entrapment were evaluated on an average of5.6 years (range, 2-9 years) after surgical release. There were 32 males and 22 females. Supposed causative factor was exertion at work or vacation in 36 cases. Sixteen patients had an atrophy of the supraspinatus and 26 of the infraspinatus muscle. Conduction time to the supraspinatus muscle was 4.5 ms (range, 2.2-14.4 ms), and to the infraspinatus, 8.6 ms (range, 2.5-43.6 mi). The mean time from the onset of the symptoms to surgery was 2.8 years (range, three months to 14 years). The mean age at operation was 38.4 years (range, ten to 61 years). Two patients were operated on bilaterally within two and four years