Sciatic nerve is the thickest nerve of the sacral plexus, which innervates many muscles and vast areas of the skin of the lower limb. It leaves the pelvis via the greater sciatic foramen, emerges into the gluteal region by passing under the piriformis muscle, and descends beneath the gluteus maximus to divide into its terminal branches: tibial and common peroneal nerve at the superior angle of ...

overactive bladder (oab) is a disabling disorder. treatment of cases with oab includes behavioral, pharmacological, surgical interventions and peripheral electrical stimulation. the goal of this study was to determine effects of posterior tibial nerve stimulation on sexual function and pelvic disorders in women with overactive bladder (oab). fifty women were randomly assigned to ptns (posterior...

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...

OBJECTIVE With the use of data from 3 Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center (LSUHSC) publications, various parameters for buttock/thigh-level sciatic nerve and tibial and common peroneal divisions/nerve injuries were summarized, and outcomes were compared. METHODS Data from 806 buttock/thigh-level sciatic nerve and tibial and common peroneal division/nerve injury repairs were summ...

the present study was performed to investigate the effects of long-term intraperitoneal (ip) injection of vitamin b12 and diclofenac in separate and combined treatments on cold and mechanical allodynia in a neuropathic pain model in rats. neuropathic pain was induced by crush injury in right tibial nerve. acetone spray and von frey tests were used to obtain cold and mechanical allodynia respons...

introduction: diabetes mellitus impairs the metabolism of carbohydrates, lipids and proteins, which leads to the dysfunction of the central and peripheral nervous system. this study evaluates the effects of an aloe vera hydro-alcoholic extract on diabetic neuropathy. materials and methods: for this study, 48 healthy male sprague dawley rats(weighed 250-200 g) were randomly divided in to three g...

Most of foot pain occurs by the entrapment of the tibial nerve and its branches. Some studies have reported the location of the tibial nerve; however, textbooks and researches have not described the posterior tibial artery and the relationship between the tibal nerve and the posterior tibial artery in detail. The purpose of this study was to analyze the location of neurovascular structures and ...

PURPOSE Conservative therapy and antimuscarinic agents are first line therapies for overactive bladder. Patients refractory to treatment are candidates for neuromodulation therapy. We estimated the costs and cost-effectiveness of percutaneous tibial nerve stimulation and sacral nerve stimulation. MATERIALS AND METHODS A Markov model was constructed to simulate the total costs and effectivenes...