Bilateral peroneal nerve palsy following squatting Çömelme Sonrası Oluşan Bilateral Peroneal Palsi
Journal of Clinical and Analytical Medicine, cilt.1, sa.1, ss.54-56, 2010 (Scopus)
- Yayın Türü: Makale / Derleme
- Cilt numarası: 1 Sayı: 1
- Basım Tarihi: 2010
- Doi Numarası: 10.4328/jcam.10.1.24
- Dergi Adı: Journal of Clinical and Analytical Medicine
- Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Scopus
- Sayfa Sayıları: ss.54-56
- Anahtar Kelimeler: Drop Foot, Electromyography
- Sağlık Bilimleri Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet
Özet
Peroneal palsy is entrapment neuropathy of peroneal nerve and presents with foot drop. Peroneal nerve is caused by external compression mainly at the fibular head because of the nerve lies superficially. The nerve can be injured because of several mechanisms most commonly direct trauma. Patients' most important complain is walking difficulty because of weakness of ankle dorsifìexor muscles. While history and physical examination show the way in diagnosis, most useful method is electromyography (EMG) for determining lesion level. In this report, we present a 16-year old female patient who had acute bilateral peroneal palsy induced by squatting for a three hours with clinical and electrophsiological findings. Treatment and prognosis are reviewed with accompanied literature.