A 30-year-old gym trainer developed paralysis in his lower limb after losing 10 kg in 15 days. Doctors identified the condition as slimmer's paralysis, linked to rapid weight loss that caused loss of ...

The nerve supply to the peroneus longus is through the superficial peroneal nerve. The nerve comes from lumbar level five and sacral levels one and two. The blood supply to the peroneus longus ...

Once a length of nerve equaling 1½ - 2 inches is freed, the nerve is cut and immediately sent to the laboratory for processing. The superficial peroneal nerve, located at the front of the shin, may ...

Although lateral ligament sprains are the most common pathologic conditions, peroneal tendon subluxations occur with a similar inversion mechanism. Multiple grades of subluxation have been described ...

Nerve biopsy findings in length-dependent diabetic polyneuropathy. 1 μm-thick sections of superficial peroneal nerve biopsy specimens of two insulin-dependent diabetic patients in their 30s with ...

Rapid weight reduction, he added, causes loss of protective fat around the peroneal nerve — a nerve that runs down the outside of the leg, providing movement and sensation to the foot ...

People develop weakness of the lower limb and lose mobility control, equivalent to paralysis. This happens because rigorous workouts wear out the protective fat around the peroneal nerve, which runs ...