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  • Title: Diaphragmatic paralysis following minor cervical trauma.
    Author: Merino-Ramírez MA, Juan G, Ramón M, Cortijo J, Morcillo EJ.
    Journal: Muscle Nerve; 2007 Aug; 36(2):267-70. PubMed ID: 17299741.
    Abstract:
    Two asthmatic patients developed unilateral diaphragmatic paralysis from phrenic nerve injury, in one case following cervical chiropractic manipulation and in the other after a motorcycle accident. Both presented with increased dyspnea and orthopnea. Diagnosis, severity, and level of the lesion were established by neurophysiological methods, which are preferred to chest radiography and diaphragmatic ultrasonography. In spite of only partial electrophysiological recovery of the nerve, both patients were asymptomatic 1 year later.
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