The superficial peroneal nerve is a part of the lower leg that provides both motor and sensory functions. This nerve controls the peroneus longus and peroneus brevis muscles, which help rotate the ...

Myotomes are groups of muscles that get signals from a single spinal nerve root. Myotome testing helps find weak muscles and can show which spinal nerve is hurt. Identifying the affected nerve root ...

RALEIGH, N.C. - Eric Tulsky, General Manager of the National Hockey League’s Carolina Hurricanes, today announced that defenseman Charles Alexis Legault had surgery on Monday to repair multiple torn ...

The New York Giants’ running back Cam Skattebo left Sunday’s game against the Philadelphia Eagles with a gruesome leg injury that will most certainly end his season. He was carted off the field with ...

The extensor carpi radialis longus (ECRL) is a muscle in your forearm that works in conjunction with the other muscles and tendons in your arm to help move your wrist and hand. It is in the same ...

Foot and ankle pain is a common problem in rheumatic patients. One often underrecognized cause of this complaint is Gruberi (or subtalar) bursitis. The Gruberi bursa is a structure that originates ...

Carpal tunnel syndrome affects 87 men and 192 women per 100,000 population worldwide. 1 Common signs include paresthesia, pain, and weakness in the median nerve distribution of the hand. Symptoms of ...

IN CIVILIAN life, acute suppurative tenosynovitis and trauma to the joint phalanges are the most common causes of loss of flexor function in the hand. Loss of flexor function means loss of the "hook ...

Task-specific focal dystonia (TSFD), characterized by the loss of fine motor control and coordination, affects drummers’ lower-limb movements. This study explores lower-limb dystonia’s impact on ...

Pain in the extensor digitorum longus (EDL) muscle is usually caused by inflammation due to overuse from specific physical activities. This can happen when shoes are laced up too tightly, which is ...

A tendon is a type of body tissue that connects muscle to bone. If a tendon becomes inflamed — painful and swollen — the condition is called tendonitis. In your hands, there are so-called extensor ...