The sural nerve, positioned beneath ... The nerve sends continuous feedback about foot position and pressure to your brain, allowing for proper weight distribution and gait adjustments.

A checkup by NFL teams last weekend in Indianapolis showed Smith remains unable to raise his left foot or swing it out to the side because of an issue with his peroneal nerve. But the "foot-drop ...

The greatest risk resulting from small-fiber neuropathy is foot ulceration and subsequent gangrene and amputation. Large-nerve-fiber neuropathies ... in a girdle-like distribution over the lower ...

The mosasaur was the apex predator of the seas when dinosaurs roamed land. Geologists working in Mississippi recently stumbled upon an incredible find: the fossil of an ancient marine apex ...

The points we use are often related to the parasympathetic nervous system, with nerve distribution from areas in the thoracic and lumbar spine. That type of nerve innervation is from the spinal ...

Nerve conduction studies were performed in the upper and lower limbs using surface electrodes. These patients also underwent a detailed clinical examination. Results: Clinical signs of peripheral ...

Of those who were contacted by telephone, seven had sural nerve biopsies and 17 peroneal nerve biopsies. Table 1 illustrates the final diagnoses. Reduced sensation in the distribution of the biopsied ...

METHODS Fifty two patients with sural nerve biopsies reported to show tomacula or focal myelin swellings were reviewed, light and electron microscopy were performed, and tomacula were analysed on ...

Professor of Orthopaedics, Brescia University Medical School, Dott. Giovanni R Brunelli — Hand surgeon Clinica S. Rita Milano, Foundation for Research on Spinal Cord Lesions, Via Galvani 26, 25123 ...

ABSTRACT: Chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy (CIDP) with nerve root hypertrophy is a relatively common association, reported in approximately 16 - 54% of cases based on imaging studies.

Morton neuroma is a buildup of benign (noncancerous) tissue in the nerves running between the long bones of the foot. Morton neuroma occurs when two bones rub together and squeeze the nerve between ...