Complex sentence: A patient with injury to the axillary nerve will have difficulty in abducting the arm from approximately 15 ° away from the body the supraspinatus muscle initiates abduction from a fully adducted position.
Split into simpler sentences: A patient with injury to the axillary nerve will have difficulty in abducting the arm from approximately 15 ° away from the body. The supraspinatus muscle initiates abduction from a fully adducted position.