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Fig. 1 Bar graph illustrates spectrum of muscles of shoulder girdle
and chest wall that were affected in patients with Parsonage-Turner syndrome
and shows percentage of patients with involvement of each muscle.
Supraspinatus and infraspinatus muscles were most commonly affected muscle
groups, which explains why presenting symptoms mimicked rotator cuff tendon
tears or mass in spinoglenoid notch that impinged on suprascapular nerve.