Whether interlimb reflexes emerge only after a severe insult to the human spinal cord is controversial. Here the aim was to examine interlimb reflexes at rest in participants with chronic (>1 year) spinal cord injury (SCI, n = 17) and able-bodied control participants (n = 5). Cutaneous reflexes were evoked by delivering up to 30 trains of stimuli to either the superficial peroneal nerve on the ...

BACKGROUND Retrograde intramedullary fibular nail fixation is being utilized with increasing frequency, particularly in patients at higher risk of wound complications. The purpose of this anatomic study was to assess the relative risk to nearby anatomic structures when implanting a contemporary retrograde locked intramedullary fibular nail. METHODS Ten human cadaveric lower extremities were i...

Background & Aims: Lower limbs’ nerves are exposed to mechanical injuries in athletes (e.g. football players), because of the excessive physical demand of their job. The objective of the present study was to evaluate the influence of regular and intense sports, such as football, on nerves in the lower leg. This study was conducted during 2006 to 2007 in the Shiraz Rehabilitation Faculty, Univer...

I. M. R. Lowdon, MA, MB DhB, FRCS Ed, FRCS, Senior Registrar in Orthopaedic and Traumatic Surgery John Radcliffe Hospital, Headington, Oxford OX39DU, England. C 1985 British Editorial Society of Bone and Joint Surgery 0301-620X/85/ 1007 $2.00 _____________ dorsum of the foot. There was no history of trauma, but walking exacerbated his symptoms and the pain occasionally radiated into his thigh. ...

T. B. McAuliffe, MA, FRCS, Junior Orthopaedic Registrar Department of Orthopaedics, The London Hospital, Turner Street, London El IBB, England. N. J. Fiddian, MA, FRCS, Senior Orthopaedic Registrar J. P. Browett, FRCS, Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon Department of Orthopaedics, St Bartholomew’s Hospital, West Smithfield, London EC1A 7BE, England. Requests for reprints should be sent to Mr T. B. ...

The peroneal nerve anatomy of the rabbit distal hindlimb is similar to humans, but reports of distal peroneal nerve conduction studies were not identified with a literature search. Distal sensorimotor recordings may be useful for studying rabbit models of length-dependent peripheral neuropathy. Surface electrodes were adhered to the dorsal rabbit foot overlying the extensor digitorum brevis mus...

Entrapment of the superficial peroneal nerve was treated in 24 legs of 21 patients by fasciotomy and neurolysis; 19 of the patients were reviewed after a mean period of 37 months. Nine were satisfied with the result, another six were improved but not satisfied because of residual limitation of athletic activity, three were unchanged and one was worse. Conduction velocity in the superficial pero...

The purpose of the present study was to determine whether tactile cutaneous reflexes from the skin of the foot contain location-specific information during human walking. Muscular responses to non-nociceptive electrical stimulation of the sural, posterior tibial, and superficial peroneal nerves, each supplying a different skin area of the foot, were studied in both legs during walking on a trea...