Practice of yoga may cause damage of both sciatic nerves: A case report

Neurological Sciences

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 393-396

  Dacci, Patrizia ^a,b,c   Amadio, Stefano ^a   Gerevini, Simonetta ^a   Moiola, Lucia ^a   Del Carro, Ubaldo ^a   Radaelli, Marta ^a   Figlia, Gianluca ^a   Martinelli, Vittorio ^a   Comi, Giancarlo ^a   Fazio, Raffaella ^a  

^a VITA SALUTE SAN RAFFAELE UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^b SAN RAFFAELE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^c DEPARTMENT OF NEUROSURGERY   (Italy)

Author keywords

Sciatic nerve; Traumatic nerve lesion; Yoga practice

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; HUMAN; NERVE CONDUCTION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PERONEUS NERVE; SCIATIC NERVE INJURY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPINAL ROOT; THORACOLUMBAR SPINE; VERTEBRA; YOGA;

AGED; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EXERCISE MOVEMENT TECHNIQUES; FEMALE; HIP; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SCIATIC NEUROPATHY; YOGA;

EID: 84879688912     PISSN: 15901874     EISSN: 15903478     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10072-012-0998-9     Document Type: Article

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