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What management do you recommend in patients with backpack palsy?

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Neurology · University of Minnesota

Backpack palsy is a well-known brachial plexus injury, often affecting the upper/middle trunks, resulting from carrying heavy loads on the shoulders and upper back. I used to believe that it is typically a stretch injury causing transient neurapraxia (demyelination) with minimal axonal loss and an o...

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