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dc.contributor.authorSierra-Silvestre, Eva
dc.contributor.authorBosello, Francesca
dc.contributor.authorFernandez-Carnero, Josue
dc.contributor.authorHoozemans, Marco JM
dc.contributor.authorCoppieters, Michel W
dc.date.accessioned2019-05-29T13:15:52Z
dc.date.available2019-05-29T13:15:52Z
dc.date.issued2018
dc.identifier.issn2468-7812
dc.identifier.doi10.1016/j.msksp.2018.06.007
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10072/382037
dc.description.abstractBackground: Neurodynamic assessment and management are advocated for femoral nerve pathology. Contrary to neurodynamic techniques for other nerves, there is limited research that quantifies femoral nerve biomechanics. Objectives: To quantify longitudinal and transverse excursion of the femoral nerve during knee and neck movements. Design: Single-group, experimental study, with within-participant comparisons. Methods; High-resolution ultrasound recordings of the femoral nerve were made in the proximal thigh/groin region in 30 asymptomatic participants. Scans were made during knee flexion in supine and a semi-seated position, and during neck flexion in side-lying slump (Slump FEMORAL). Healthy participants were assessed to reveal normal nerve biomechanics, not influenced by pathology. Data were analysed with one-sample and paired t-tests. Reliability was assessed with intraclass correlation coefficients (ICC). Results; Longitudinal and transverse excursion measurements were reliable (ICC≥0.87). With knee flexion, longitudinal femoral nerve excursion was significant and larger in supine than in sitting (supine (mean (SD)): 3.6 (2.0) mm; p < 0.001; sitting: 1.1 (1.6) mm; p = 0.001; comparison: p = 0.001). There was also excursion in a medial direction (supine: 1.4 (0.3) mm; p < 0.001; sitting: 0.7 (0.6) mm; p < 0.001) and anterior direction (supine: 0.2 (0.2) mm; p < 0.001; sitting: 0.1 (0.2) mm; p = 0.06). Neck flexion in Slump FEMORAL did not result in longitudinal (0.0 (0.3) mm; p = 0.55) or anteroposterior (0.0 (0.1) mm; p = 0.10) excursion, but resulted in medial excursion (1.1 (0.5) mm; p < 0.001). Conclusion: Although the femoral nerve terminates proximal to the knee, femoral nerve excursion in the proximal thigh occurred with knee flexion; Neck flexion in Slump FEMORAL resulted in medial excursion.
dc.description.peerreviewedYes
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherElsevier
dc.publisher.placeUnited Kingdom
dc.relation.ispartofpagefrom58
dc.relation.ispartofpageto63
dc.relation.ispartofjournalMusculoskeletal Science and Practice
dc.relation.ispartofvolume37
dc.subject.fieldofresearchClinical sciences not elsewhere classified
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode320299
dc.titleFemoral nerve excursion with knee and neck movements in supine, sitting and side-lying slump: An in vivo study using ultrasound imaging
dc.typeJournal article
dc.type.descriptionC1 - Articles
dc.type.codeC - Journal Articles
dcterms.licensehttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
dc.description.versionAccepted Manuscript (AM)
gro.facultyAn Unassigned Group, An Unassigned Department
gro.rights.copyright© 2018 Musculoskeletal Science and Practice. Published by Elsevier Ltd. Licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International Licence (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) which permits unrestricted, non-commercial use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, providing that the work is properly cited.
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gro.griffith.authorCoppieters, Michel


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