Lesion of Popliteal Nerve
Definition:
A wound or injury of the popliteal nerve. A pathological change in the tissues. One of the individual points or patches of a multifocal disease.
Symptoms:
- Foot drop
- Weakness of dorsiflexion and eversion of the foot
- Weakness of extensor hallucis longus
- Inversion and plantar flexion are normal
- Anaesthesia over the lower lateral part of the leg and dorsum of the foot; often with little or no sensory loss
- All reflexes are intact - the ankle jerk is lost in a sciatic nerve lesion
- wasting of the anterior tibial and peroneal muscles
Causes:
- Direct injury (trauma)
- Prolonged pressure on the nerve
- Compression or entrapment of the nerve by nearby parts of the body or disease-related structures (such as a tumor)
Treatment:
- ROM and stretching exercises
- Lower extremity strengthening exercises
- Gait program
Phase 1
Slant Board Straight Knee
Phase 2
Phase 3
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