Sural Nerve Neurodynamic Test

Other Names

Clinical demonstration of sural nerve neurodynamic test

• Sural Nerve Neurodynamic Test

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Purpose

• Evaluate the Sural Nerve as the cause of the patients symptoms

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Description

• The patient is supine
• The patient’s leg is supported and the foot is held in dorsiflexion and inversion
• The leg is then passively raised into hip flexion.
• This is usually felt in the posterolateral calf and/or posterolateral ankle
• Positive test
  • Reproduce the pain or sensation
  • Feels different to the uninvolved side
  • Made worse by adding a ‘sensitiser’ movement such as hip adduction, hip internal rotation or cervical flexion

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Pathology

• Sural Nerve Injury

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Evidence

• Unknown

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See Also

• Physical Exam Ankle
• Ankle Pain Main

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