SAMARPAN PHYSIOTHERAPY CLINIC

FEMORAL NERVE PALSY

CAUSES:

• PSOAS ABCESS
• PELVIC NEOPLASM
• FRACTURE OF THE PELVIS OR FEMURE
• HIP DISLOCATION
• INGUINAL HERNIA
• COMPLICATION OF SPINAL ANESTHESIA
• PROLAPSE INTERVERTEBRAL DISC
• LUMBAR SPONDYLOSIS OR STENOSIS
• NEUROPATHY SECONDARY TO DIABETES MELLITUS KNOWN AS  DIABETIC AMYOTROPHY
• NEURAPRAXIA AFTER HYSTERECTOMY
• PENETRATING WOUNDS OF LOWER ABDOMEN

SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS:
LOSS OF SENSATION
QUADRICEPS JERK IS LOST
GENU RECURVATUM IS SEEN BECAUSE QUADRICEPS IS PARALYSED
TREATMENT:

• UNDERLYING CAUSE MUST BE DEALT WITH
• IG STIMULATION TO THE PARALYSED MUSCLES
• PASSIVE MOVEMENTS
• ORTHOSIS TO CORRECT GENU RECURVATUM.