Exercise-Enhanced, Ultrasound-Guided Anterior Scalene Muscle/Pectoralis Minor Muscle Blocks Can Facilitate the Diagnosis of Neurogenic Thoracic Outlet Syndrome in the High-Performance Overhead Athlete

Michael M Bottros; Jacob D AuBuchon; Lauren N McLaughlin; David W Altchek; Karl A Illig; Robert W Thompson

doi:10.1177/0363546516665801

Exercise-Enhanced, Ultrasound-Guided Anterior Scalene Muscle/Pectoralis Minor Muscle Blocks Can Facilitate the Diagnosis of Neurogenic Thoracic Outlet Syndrome in the High-Performance Overhead Athlete

Am J Sports Med. 2017 Jan;45(1):189-194. doi: 10.1177/0363546516665801. Epub 2016 Sep 30.

Authors

Michael M Bottros^{1

2}, Jacob D AuBuchon^{1

2}, Lauren N McLaughlin^{1

3}, David W Altchek⁴, Karl A Illig⁵, Robert W Thompson^{1

3}

Affiliations

¹ Center for Thoracic Outlet Syndrome, Washington University School of Medicine, St Louis, Missouri, USA.
² Division of Pain Management, Department of Anesthesiology, Washington University School of Medicine, St Louis, Missouri, USA.
³ Section of Vascular Surgery, Department of Surgery, Washington University School of Medicine, St Louis, Missouri, USA.
⁴ Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Weill Cornell Medical College and Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, New York, USA.
⁵ Division of Vascular Surgery, University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida, USA.

PMID: 27664077
DOI: 10.1177/0363546516665801

No abstract available

Keywords: anesthetic injection; anterior scalene muscle; baseball; brachial plexus; dead arm syndrome; diagnosis; muscle block; neurogenic thoracic outlet syndrome; overhead athlete; pectoralis minor muscle; tennis; treatment; ultrasound guidance.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Adolescent
Adult
Athletes*
Female
Humans
Male
Pectoralis Muscles / diagnostic imaging
Pectoralis Muscles / physiopathology*
Thoracic Outlet Syndrome / diagnostic imaging*
Thoracic Outlet Syndrome / therapy
Ultrasonography