Are there motor fibers in the sural nerve?
A case of anomalous innervation of the abductor digiti quinti of the foot (ADQ) via the sural nerve is described. A muscle action potential from the ADQ could be elicited by stimulation of both the sural and the posterior tibial nerves.
Liguori
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Laboratory of Clinical Neurophysiology, Rigshospitalet, University Hospital, Copenhagen, Denmark.
Trojaborg
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D000368:Aged; D004576:Electromyography; D005528:Foot / Q000294:innervation; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009046:Motor Neurons / Q000502:physiology*; D009132:Muscles / Q000294:innervation; D009431:Neural Conduction / Q000502:physiology; D013127:Spinal Nerves / Q000502:physiology*; D013497:Sural Nerve / Q000502:physiology*