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Transcript
Lower Extremity
Nerve
Roots
Pain
Distribution
Causative lesions
Reflex Arc
Tests
Notes
Obturator
L2-L3-L4
Medial
thigh
Sensory – Medial surface
of thigh
Motor – Obturator
Externus
Pectineus
Adductors 
Gracilis
Pelvic neoplasm
Pregnancy
Pelvic surgery
Adductor jerk (L3)
Hip adductors (L2,
L3) – adductors
Pectineus may be innervated
by obturator or femoral nerves
Femoral
L2-L3-L4
Ant thigh
Med leg to
ankle
Sensory – Anterior
aspect of thigh & medial
aspect of leg down to
medial malleolus
Motor – Quads 
Pectineus
Iliacus
Diabetes
Femoral hernia
Retroperitoneal –
haematoma
Femoral art.
Aneurysm
Post. Abdomen
Neoplasm
Psoas abscess
Knee jerk L3-L4
Knee extension L3L4
Fem n. lesion will affect both
knee ext & hip Flex. (psoas not
affected tho)
NB: Reflex arc conveyed
purely in L4.
Pressure palsy at
fibula neck
Hip fracture /
dislocation
Penetrating trauma
to buttock
Piriformis syndrome
Lateral hamstring
jerk (S1)
Lateral
cutaneus nerve
of the thigh
L2-L3
Sciatic – Fibular
L4-L5-S1
Diabetic Amyotrophy – mm
wasting in front of thigh w/
weakness & wastage due to
vasc changes supplying n
Sensory – anterolateral
aspect of thigh
Often only
dorsum of
foot
Sensory – Anterolateral
leg dorsum of ankle & foot
up to distal
interphalangeal joints
Deep branch 1st
interdigital cleft
Motor – Short head
biceps femoris
Fibularis Longus
& Brevis (Sup Fibular
Foot dorsiflexion L4L5 – Tibialis anterior
Big toe ext L5 - EHL
Ext of toes (L5, S1)
– EDL
Foot eversion L5-S1
– Fib longus &
brev5s
Medial hamstring jerk – Medial
reflex is carried in the tibial div
Cause foot drop
x6 more likely to be damaged
than tibial div
nerve)
Tibialis anterior,
EDL, EHL. P tertius (Deep
fibular nerve)
Sciatic – Tibial
L4-L5-S1S2
Often
painless
uncommon
Sensory – Sole and lat
border of foot, around nail
beds
Motor – Hamstrings (not
short head biceps fem)
plantaris, popliteus
TP, Gastroc,
soleus, FDL, FHL and
small foot muscles
Posterior
cutaneus nerve
of the thigh
S1-S2-S3
Sensory – central
posterior thigh
Superior gluteal
nerve
L4-L5-S1
Gluteus minimus
Gluteus medius
Tensor fascia lata
Inferior gluteal
nerve
L5-S1-S2
Gluteus Maximus
Rarely injured even
in buttock
Misplaced injections!
Piriformis syndrome
Ankle jerk S1
Medial hamstring
jerk S1
Knee flexion L5-S1
– hamstrings
Plantarflexion S1 –
Gastrocnemius
Foot inversion L4,
L5 – tibialis Post.
Medial hamstring jerk – Medial
reflex is carried in the tibial div