title: Electrodiagnostic evaluation of lower extremity mononeuropathies.
abstract: This article discusses the anatomy of lower limb mononeuropathies and reviews the general approach to evaluating patients in the electrodiagnostic laboratory with suspected mononeuropathies of the lower limb. Through illustrative cases of patients presenting with a floppy foot, buckling knee, or painful foot, the approaches using nerve conduction studies and needle electromyography are reviewed, and the pattern of findings of peroneal, tibial, sciatic, femoral, and obturator neuropathies is shown.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology, Neuromuscular Diagnostic Center, Massachusetts General Hospital, Charles River Plaza, Suite 820, 165 Cambridge Street, Boston, MA 02114, USA. vfridman@partners.org
authors.forename: Vera
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Fridman
authors.forename: William S
authors.initials: WS
authors.lastname: David
mesh_terms: D004576:Electromyography; D006801:Humans; D035002:Lower Extremity / Q000294:innervation / Q000503:physiopathology; D020422:Mononeuropathies / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000503:physiopathology