Clinical Research on Foot & Ankle
Open Access

Case Report

Peroneal Nerve Compression in Figure Skaters

¹Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, the Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, Maryland, USA

²Long Island Plastic Surgical Group, Garden City, New York, USA

*Corresponding Author:

Mark M. Melendez
Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
the Johns Hopkins Hospital
Baltimore, Maryland, USA
Tel: 914-261-4748
E-mail: mmelend4@jhmi.edu

Received January 06, 2013; Accepted February 26, 2013; Published March 01, 2013

Citation: Melendez MM, Glickman LT, Dellon AL (2013) Peroneal Nerve Compression in Figure Skaters. Clin Res Foot Ankle 1: 102. doi: 10.4172/2329-910X.1000102

Copyright: © 2013 Melendez MM, et al. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.

Compression of the peroneal nerve can cause sensory and motor deficits which can compromise the function of the foot. Neither common superficial nor deep peroneal nerve injuries, complicating figure skating, have been reported previously. We present three cases of peroneal nerve compression in figure skaters who underwent neurolysis for these peripheral nerve problems with excellent outcome. Peroneal nerve injury in figure skaters may be an underappreciated sports medicine problem.

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