Abstract
Nerve injury may occur following shoulder trauma. However, joint or bony damage can
often dominate the clinical picture such that signs of nerve injury are overlooked.
We describe the “goosebump sign” as a hitherto undescribed objective clinical finding
of sympathetic dysfunction in peripheral nerve palsy, which can be a useful complementary
sign to the standard assessment of muscle power and sensibility.
Keywords
peripheral nerve injury - nerve palsy - sympathetic dysfunction - autonomic dysfunction
- clinical sign
