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TIBIAL NERVE [2 records]

Record 1 2017-06-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Symptoms (Medicine)
  • Musculoskeletal System
DEF

A test used to detect root tension in patients with back pain. As the straight leg raising test is performed and pain relieved by knee flexion, firm pressure is applied by the fingers into the popliteal space, which will reproduce the pain in a positive bowstring test.

OBS

Not to be confused with the "signe de la corde de l'arc".

French

Domaine(s)
  • Symptômes (Médecine)
  • Appareil locomoteur (Médecine)
DEF

Manœuvre de mise en tension radiculaire. La jambe est soulevée jusqu'à un angle s'arrêtant juste avant le seuil douloureux. Le genou est ensuite légèrement fléchi et soutenu par l'épaule de l'examinateur. Ce dernier exerce alors une pression sur le creux poplité avec ses doigts, ce qui devrait de nouveau reproduire la douleur du patient.

OBS

Ne pas confondre avec le «signe de la corde de l'arc».

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Síntomas (Medicina)
  • Sistema musculoesquelético (Medicina)
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Record 2 2011-01-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Nervous System
DEF

One of the two major divisions of the sciatic nerve, it courses down the back of the leg to terminate as the medial and lateral plantar nerves in the foot; it supplies the hamstring muscles, the muscles of the back of the leg (the dorsiflexors and invertors of the foot) and the plantar aspect of the foot, as well as the skin on the back of the leg and sole of the foot.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Système nerveux
DEF

La plus grosse des deux branches terminales du nerf sciatique. C'est un nerf mixte constitué de fibres provenant de L4 L5 S1 S2 S3.

Spanish

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