Controversies in treatment strategies in patients with foot drop due to peroneal nerve entrapment: Results of a survey among specialists.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Peroneal nerve entrapment is a frequent cause of foot drop. Despite being frequent, no guidelines exist to recommend surgical or non-invasive treatment, leading to important variations in daily practice.

Research question

To map variation in daily practice.

Materials and methods

An online Qualtrics survey was distributed among neurosurgeons, neurologists, orthopaedic surgeons and physical medicine and rehabilitation physicians through various national and international scientific organizations, mapping current treatment strategies. Descriptive statistics and non-parametric tests were used to analyse data with SPSS.

Results

Responses from 181 out of 221 participants from 35 countries were analysed. A large majority of participants agreed that good e

SUBMITTER: Oosterbos C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9560709 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature