Variations of the piriformis and sciatic nerve with clinical consequence: A review

Clinical Anatomy

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 8-17

  Smoll, Nicolas Roydon ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BALLARAT   (Australia)

^b RMIT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Common peroneal nerve; Piriformis; Sciatic nerve; Sciatica; Tibial nerve

Indexed keywords

CADAVER; HUMAN; ISCHIALGIA; MUSCLE MALFORMATION; NERVE MALFORMATION; PERONEUS NERVE; PIRIFORMIS MALFORMATION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SCIATIC NERVE; SCIATIC NERVE MALFORMATION; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TIBIAL NERVE;

BUTTOCKS; HUMANS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PIRIFORMIS MUSCLE SYNDROME; SCIATIC NERVE;

EID: 72249121287     PISSN: 08973806     EISSN: 10982353     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ca.20893     Document Type: Review

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