INTRODUCTION There are difficulties in objective evaluation of activity of the muscles in the lower extremities of patients after successful treatment of sciatica and pseudosciatica, when no clear clinical symptoms are detected. However, the existence of some muscle dysfunction can be hypothesised and its detection was the aim of the study. OBJECTIVE Recordings from chosen lower extremity mus...

Adductor magnus is the largest muscle in the groin and is one of the two long adductors of the hip joint. Working to adduct, flex and medially rotate the hip joint, it is a rear phenomenon for it to be torn independently, without any trauma. The main symptom of adductor strain is a sharp pain in the groin which might radiate in the inner thigh. The rarity in our case was that the patient presen...

INTRODUCTION Sciatica is a common problem, usually caused by disc herniation or spinal stenosis. Low back pain is also present in most cases. When sciatica is the unique clinical finding, especially in young patients, extraspinal pathology should be investigated. CASE PRESENTATION We describe a rare case of sciatica in a 32-year-old man, which was developed as a complication of post-traumatic...

The mundane malady sciatica has been known to physicians since antiquity.1 It is pain that radiates from the buttock downward along the course of the sciatic nerve,2 but the term has been used indiscriminately for a variety of back and leg symptoms. Although sciatica has several causes, Mixter and Barr extended previous observations to establish in 1934 that the principal source is compression ...

Most patients with sciatica (often caused by disc herniations) are managed conservatively at first. The natural course seems to be favorable. The additional value of many conservative therapies remains controversial. Because a systematic review of the conservative treatment of sciatica is lacking, such a review was carried out. After a standardized literature search and selection procedure, met...

INTRODUCTION The aim of this study was to assess the efficacy and safety of tumor necrosis factor (TNF)-α inhibition with infliximab (IFX) in treating recurrent and disabling chronic sciatica pain associated with post-operative peridural lumbar fibrosis. METHOD A double-blind, placebo-controlled study randomized 35 patients presenting with sciatica pain associated with post-operative peridura...

Acupuncture has been proposed to treat various diseases including functional gastrointestinal disorder, mood disorder, and pain. Although the evidence-based clinical efficacy of acupuncture is uncertain, people are increasingly benefiting from the use of acupuncture to treat their diseases. Sciatica treatments involve nonsurgical and surgical management techniques; acupuncture, for its convenie...