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Lower Extremity Neuropathies

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Definitions<br />

� Peripheral Neuropathy<br />

� Compression Neuropathy<br />

� Entrapment Neuropathy<br />

� “Any of a group of neuropathies,…,in which a<br />

peripheral nerve is injured by compression in its<br />

course through a fibrous or osseofibrous tunnel<br />

or at a point where it abruptly changes its course<br />

through deep fascia over a fibrous or muscular<br />

band.” Dorlands, 27th

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