supra-scapular

Updated: May 8, 2025

When the supra-scapular nerve is contused or stretched in injuries of the shoulder, the spinati muscles are paralysed and wasted, the spine of the scapula is unduly prominent, and there is impairment in the power of abducting the arm and rotating it laterally.

Alexander Miles - Manual of Surgery Volume First: : General Surgery. Sixth Edition.