Table 1. Cases of long thoracic nerve palsy due to sports, as reported in the literature.

Author	Year	Age	Sex	Cause	Period until Improvement (mo)
Gregg et al5	1979	23	M	Tennis	1
		47	F	Tennis	6
		32	M	Ballet	14
		23	M	Soccer	12
		20	M	Ice hockey	12
		27	M	Bowling	7
		27	M	Golf	11
		22	M	Gymnastics	4
		11	M	Weightlifting	4.5
Sakamoto et al16	1981	14	M	Basketball	6
Isayama et al17	1982	20	M	Archery	1
Yasuda et al18	1982	12	F	Portball	Began recovering in 2 y
Foo et al28	1983	18 25	M F	Tennis Archery	12 Unknown
Ohno et al19	1984	21	F	Gymnastics	7
Fukuzawa et al20	1985	14 13	M F	Basketball Volleyball	6 5
Shimizu3	1990	20	M	Archery	Recovering
Toizumi et al15	1997	16	M	Javelin	7
Ebata et al23	2005	27	M	Weightlifting	Unknown
Present case	2013	14	F	Synchronized swimming	Began recovering in 1 y

Note: Previous studies have reported patients with long thoracic nerve palsy due to sports other than aquatic sports.