The Prevalence and Management of Stingers in College and Professional Collision Athletes

摘要

Mechanisms of stingers. Traction injury to the brachial plexus from ipsilateral shoulder depression and contralateral lateral neck flexion (a). Direct compression injury to the brachial plexus from contact to Erb’s point (b). Cervical nerve root or brachial plexus compression injury from ipsilateral lateral flexion and hyperextension (c). Reproduced with permission from [29] by Kuhlman and McKeag