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Haque MZU, Du P, Cheng LK. A combined functional dorsal nerve model of the foot. MATHEMATICAL BIOSCIENCES AND ENGINEERING : MBE 2022; 19:9321-9334. [PMID: 35942761 DOI: 10.3934/mbe.2022433] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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The nerves in the skin surface of the foot are comprised of unmyelinated smaller somatic nerves and larger myelinated sensory nerves. Current diagnostic methods are unable to evaluate combined nerve conduction velocity (NCV) from both unmyelinated smaller somatic nerve (USSN) and myelinated larger nerves (MLN) respectively. Computational models may provide an alternative tool to determine the NCV of the combined nerve. Therefore, a combined functional dorsal nerve model (CFDNM) of the various dorsal nerves along with its associated nerve ending of the human foot is proposed and constructed. The combined dorsal nerve model consists of synthetic USSN (SUSSN) and dorsal MLN of the foot. The unmyelinated as well as myelinated electrophysiological nerve models were used to simulate selected SUSSN and MLN of the foot by injecting an external stimulus at the most distal part of SUSSN of the foot through the use of bidomain model. Results from our work demonstrated that the action potential propagated from the most distal part to proximal part of distinct dorsal nerves of the foot, e.g., the simulated NCV of the combined intermediate dorsal cutaneous nerve (IDCN) of the foot was 28.4 m s-1. The CFDNM will provide a vital tool for diagnosis initially small fibre neuropathy (SFN) by computing NCV in the prospective studies.
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- Muhammad Z Ul Haque
- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Salim Habib University, Karachi, Pakistan
- Auckland Bioengineering Institute, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand
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- Auckland Bioengineering Institute, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand
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- Auckland Bioengineering Institute, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand
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Fortier LM, Leethy KN, Smith M, McCarron MM, Lee C, Sherman WF, Varrassi G, Kaye AD. An Update on Posterior Tarsal Tunnel Syndrome. Orthop Rev (Pavia) 2022; 14:35444. [PMID: 35769658 PMCID: PMC9235437 DOI: 10.52965/001c.35444] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/29/2021] [Accepted: 01/12/2022] [Indexed: 09/14/2023] Open
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Posterior tarsal tunnel syndrome (PTTS) is an entrapment neuropathy due to compression of the tibial nerve or one of its terminal branches within the tarsal tunnel in the medial ankle. The tarsal tunnel is formed by the flexor retinaculum, while the floor is composed of the distal tibia, talus, and calcaneal bones. The tarsal tunnel contains a number of significant structures, including the tendons of 3 muscles as well as the posterior tibial artery, vein, and nerve. Focal compressive neuropathy of PTTS can originate from anything that physically restricts the volume of the tarsal tunnel. The variety of etiologies includes distinct movements of the foot, trauma, vascular disorders, soft tissue inflammation, diabetes mellitus, compression lesions, bony lesions, masses, lower extremity edema, and postoperative injury. Generally, compression of the posterior tibial nerve results in clinical findings consisting of numbness, burning, and painful paresthesia in the heel, medial ankle, and plantar surface of the foot. Diagnosis of PTTS can be made with the presence of a positive Tinel sign in combination with the physical symptoms of pain and numbness along the plantar and medial surfaces of the foot. Initially, patients are treated conservatively unless there are signs of muscle atrophy or motor nerve involvement. Conservative treatment includes activity modification, heat, cryotherapy, non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, corticosteroid injections, opioids, GABA analog medications, tricyclic antidepressants, vitamin B-complex supplements, physical therapy, and custom orthotics. If PTTS is recalcitrant to conservative treatment, standard open surgical decompression of the flexor retinaculum is indicated. In recent years, a number of alternative minimally invasive treatment options have been investigated, but these studies have small sample sizes or were conducted on cadaveric models.
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- Louisiana State University Shreveport School of Medicine
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- Louisiana State University Shreveport School of Medicine
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Creighton University School of Medicine-Phoenix Regional Campus
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- Department of Anesthesiology, Louisiana State University New Orleans
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Martínez-Aparicio C, Jääskeläinen SK, Puksa L, Reche-Lorite F, Torné-Poyatos P, Paniagua Soto J, Falck B. Constitutional risk factors for focal neuropathies in patients referred for electromyography. Eur J Neurol 2019; 27:529-535. [PMID: 31692180 DOI: 10.1111/ene.14118] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/29/2019] [Accepted: 11/04/2019] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE It is well established that patient-related constitutional features predispose to focal peripheral neuropathies. Some of these risk factors were investigated in common focal neuropathies encountered in patients referred for electromyography. METHODS Gender, age, height and body mass index (BMI) were analysed retrospectively as risk factors for 11 focal neuropathies. In all, 9686 patients (age range 18-96 years; 58% women) were included from three different centres, with identical methods and equipment. RESULTS High BMI was related to carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS), ulnar neuropathy at the elbow (UNE), combined CTS and UNE, meralgia paraesthetica and lumbar radiculopathy. In women, CTS and Morton's metatarsalgia were more common, whilst long thoracic neuropathies, suprascapular neuropathies and UNE were more common in men. Older age increased the risk for CTS, UNE, Morton's metatarsalgia and radiculopathies. CONCLUSIONS Age, gender and BMI are important risk factors for many common focal neuropathies.
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- C Martínez-Aparicio
- Doctoral Programme of Medicine and Public Health, University of Granada, Granada, Spain.,Department of Clinical Neurophysiology, Vithas Virgen del Mar Hospital, Almeria, Spain
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- Department of Clinical Neurophysiology, Turku University Hospital and University of Turku, Turku, Finland
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- Department of Clinical Neurophysiology, University of Tartu, Tartu, Estonia
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- Department of Mathematics, University of Almeria, Almeria, Spain
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- Faculty of Medicine, University of Granada, Hospital Universitario Clinico, Granada, Spain
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- Department of Clinical Neurophysiology, University Hospital Virgen de las Nieves, Granada, Spain
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- Department of Clinical Neurophysiology, University Hospital, Uppsala, Sweden
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Santos D, Morrison G, Coda A. Sclerosing alcohol injections for the management of intermetatarsal neuromas: A systematic review. Foot (Edinb) 2018; 35:36-47. [PMID: 29778841 DOI: 10.1016/j.foot.2017.12.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/14/2017] [Revised: 12/18/2017] [Accepted: 12/23/2017] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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An intermetatarsal neuroma is a plantar digital neuritis causing metatarsalgia of the affected inter-metatarsal space. At present the evidence to support the management of the condition is poor with only some quality evidence supporting the short-term management of intermetatarsal neuromas using steroid injections. Some authors have supported the use of alcohol sclerosing intra-lesional injections to treat intermetatarsal neuromas. Following a search of the evidence 11 articles were identified. The systematic review found that alcohol injections appear to be safe although some papers report a short-term side effect of a flogistic reaction and there are variances in the alcohol concentration used and guiding verses not guiding the injection using ultrasound imaging. Some of the evidence may suggest a sclerosing histological effect of the nerve. However, all the studies reviewed present a research design offering a low level of evidence that is open to methodological biases and interpretation. Thus, this review found insufficient high-quality research evidence to afford conclusions on the management of intermetatarsal neuromas with alcohol sclerosing agent injections.
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- Derek Santos
- School of Health Sciences, Podiatry, Queen Margaret University, Edinburgh, EH21 6UU, UK.
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- School of Health Sciences, Podiatry, Queen Margaret University, Edinburgh, EH21 6UU, UK.
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- The University of Newcastle, School of Health Sciences, Faculty of Health and Medicine, Health Precinct, BE154, P.O. Box 127, Ourimbah, NSW, 2258, Australia.
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Aziz Saba EK, El-Tawab SS, Sultan HAM. Medial calcaneal neuropathy: a missed etiology of chronic plantar heel pain. EGYPTIAN RHEUMATOLOGY AND REHABILITATION 2017. [DOI: 10.4103/err.err_16_17] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/04/2022] Open
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Doneddu PE, Coraci D, Loreti C, Piccinini G, Padua L. Tarsal tunnel syndrome: still more opinions than evidence. Status of the art. Neurol Sci 2017; 38:1735-1739. [DOI: 10.1007/s10072-017-3039-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/27/2017] [Accepted: 06/17/2017] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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El-Hewala AESI, Soliman SG, Labeeb AA, Zytoon AA, El-Shanawany AT. Foot neuropathy in rheumatoid arthritis patients: clinical, electrophysiological, and ultrasound studies. EGYPTIAN RHEUMATOLOGY AND REHABILITATION 2016. [DOI: 10.4103/1110-161x.189640] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/04/2022] Open
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Datema M, Hoitsma E, Roon KI, Malessy MJA, Van Dijk JG, Tannemaat MR. The Tinel sign has no diagnostic value for nerve entrapment or neuropathy in the legs. Muscle Nerve 2015; 54:25-30. [PMID: 26616836 DOI: 10.1002/mus.25000] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 11/25/2015] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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INTRODUCTION The presence of a Tinel sign in leg nerves has been proposed as a criterion for decompressive surgery in polyneuropathy. We investigated the diagnostic yield of the Tinel sign for nerve entrapment and for distal symmetrical peripheral neuropathy (DSPN). METHODS We prospectively tested for the Tinel sign at 3 sites of possible nerve entrapment per leg in 91 patients. Entrapment was defined using nerve conduction data. We also investigated whether the number of sites at which the Tinel sign was present identified patients with DSPN. RESULTS Sensitivity of the Tinel sign for nerve entrapment was low (29%, 44%, and 17%) for the 3 sites, and specificity was moderate (86%, 75%, and 81%). In the subgroup with DSPN, sensitivity was extremely low (0%, 20%, and 8%), and specificity was moderate (91%, 79%, and 73%). The number of sites with a Tinel sign did not identify patients with DSPN. CONCLUSION The Tinel sign does not reliably indicate nerve entrapment or DSPN. Muscle Nerve 54: 25-30, 2016.
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- Mirjam Datema
- Department of Neurology and Clinical Neurophysiology, Leiden University Medical Centre, Postbus, 9600, 2300 RC Leiden, The Netherlands
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- Department of Neurology, Alrijne Hospital, Leiden, The Netherlands
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- Department of Neurology, Reinier de Graaf Hospital, Delft, The Netherlands
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Leiden University Medical Centre, Leiden, The Netherlands
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- Department of Neurology and Clinical Neurophysiology, Leiden University Medical Centre, Postbus, 9600, 2300 RC Leiden, The Netherlands
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- Department of Neurology and Clinical Neurophysiology, Leiden University Medical Centre, Postbus, 9600, 2300 RC Leiden, The Netherlands
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Logullo F, Ganino C, Lupidi F, Perozzi C, Di Bella P, Provinciali L. Anterior tarsal tunnel syndrome: a misunderstood and a misleading entrapment neuropathy. Neurol Sci 2013; 35:773-5. [PMID: 24337947 DOI: 10.1007/s10072-013-1601-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/01/2013] [Accepted: 12/04/2013] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Anterior tarsal tunnel syndrome (ATTS) is a rare entrapment neuropathy of the deep peroneal nerve beneath the extensor retinaculum on the top of the ankle. ATTS is often asymptomatic or olygosymptomatic. There are few reports describing the ATTS. We describe the clinical and electrophysiological features of 85 patients with unilateral or bilateral ATTS prospectively collected between January 2000 and December 2010 in our laboratory of Clinical Neurophysiology. This entrapment neuropathy remains poorly diagnosed and it might be misleading when performing a diagnostic EMG-ENG examination for suspected polyneuropathy or lumbosacral radiculopathy.
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- Francesco Logullo
- Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, Neurological Clinic, Marche Polytechnic University, Ancona, Italy,
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Peripheral nerve entrapments are frequent. They usually appear in anatomical tunnels such as the carpal tunnel. Nerve compressions may be due to external pressure such as the fibular nerve at the fibular head. Malignant or benign tumors may also damage the nerve. For each nerve from the upper and lower limbs, detailed clinical, electrophysiological, imaging, and therapeutic aspects are described. In the upper limbs, carpal tunnel syndrome and ulnar neuropathy at the elbow are the most frequent manifestations; the radial nerve is less frequently involved. Other nerves may occasionally be damaged and these are described also. In the lower limbs, the fibular nerve is most frequently involved, usually at the fibular head by external compression. Other nerves may also be involved and are therefore described. The clinical and electrophysiological examination are very important for the diagnosis, but imaging is also of great use. Treatments available for each nerve disease are discussed.
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- P Bouche
- Department of Clinical Neurophysiology Salpêtrière Hospital, Paris, France.
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Almeida DF, Scremin L, Zúniga SF, Oh SJ. Focal conduction block in a case of tarsal tunnel syndrome. Muscle Nerve 2010; 42:452-5. [PMID: 20665513 DOI: 10.1002/mus.21732] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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We report a case of tarsal tunnel syndrome (TTS) with focal conduction block across the tarsal tunnel (TT). A 46-year-old woman had pain in the left foot, sensory loss on the plantar surface, and positive Tinel sign over the TT. TTS was confirmed by magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scan and surgery. Motor nerve conduction studies showed focal conduction block across the TT. Conduction block has rarely been reported in TTS. In this case, conduction block provides evidence for focal demyelination as the primary pathological process in TTS.
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- Diogo F Almeida
- Department of Medicine, University of Maringa-UEM, Maringa, Brazil
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Current world literature. Curr Opin Neurol 2008; 21:615-24. [PMID: 18769258 DOI: 10.1097/wco.0b013e32830fb782] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Shimojima Y, Morita H, Kobayashi S, Takei YI, Ikeda SI. Ten-year follow-up of peripheral nerve function in patients with familial amyloid polyneuropathy after liver transplantation. J Neurol 2008; 255:1220-5. [PMID: 18484233 DOI: 10.1007/s00415-008-0884-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/01/2007] [Revised: 09/04/2007] [Accepted: 09/17/2007] [Indexed: 01/13/2023]
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BACKGROUND The electrophysiological long-term effects of liver transplantation on peripheral nerve function in patients with familial amyloid polyneuropathy (FAP) have not been evaluated. METHODS Eight FAP patients with a proven ATTRVal30Met gene were observed for 10 years after liver transplantation. We performed repeated measurement of maximal motor nerve conduction velocity (MCV), distal latency, size of compound muscle action potential (CMAP) and maximal sensory nerve conduction velocity (SCV) in both the ulnar and tibial nerves. We also recorded the coefficients of variance in the R-R interval on the electrocardiogram (CV(R-R)). RESULTS Some autonomic symptoms subsided but motor and sensory symptoms 10 years after transplantation were either slightly improved or almost the same as before surgery in 7 of 8 patients. These 7 have returned to their previous social lives including their jobs. The MCV of the tibial nerve slightly improved, and other parameters of motor and sensory nerve function and CV(R-R) did not show any deterioration during the 10-year observation period. CONCLUSIONS Liver transplantation can halt the progression of peripheral neuropathy in FAP patients.
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- Yoshio Shimojima
- Dept. of Medicine (Neurology and Rheumatology), Shinshu University, School of Medicine, Asahi 3-1-1, Matsumoto, 390-8621, Japan
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Medial plantar and dorsal sural nerve conduction studies increase the sensitivity in the detection of neuropathy in diabetic patients. Clin Neurophysiol 2008; 119:880-5. [DOI: 10.1016/j.clinph.2008.01.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/07/2007] [Revised: 12/11/2007] [Accepted: 01/02/2008] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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