Open AccessImprovement of hip abductor muscle weakness after lumbar decompressive surgery
Author(s) -
Tatsuro Sasaji,
Kiyoshi Horaguchi,
Noboru Yamada,
Kazuo Iwai
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
upsala journal of medical sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.808
H-Index - 41
eISSN - 2000-1967
pISSN - 0300-9734
DOI - 10.3109/03009734.2012.708678
Subject(s) - medicine , weakness , surgery , muscle weakness , lumbar , nerve root , hip surgery , anesthesia , anatomy , arthroplasty
Degenerative lumbar spinal disorder is common in Japan, and the L5 nerve root is commonly involved in this disorder. The symptoms of L5 radiculopathy are irradiating lateral leg pain, and numbness and weakness of tibialis anterior and the hip abductor muscle. There has been only one report on the results of surgery for hip abductor muscle weakness caused by degenerative lumbar spinal disorder.