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

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Sciatic nerve traumatic damage very rarely occurs bilaterally. We describe the case of a 67-year-old woman who reported a bilateral traumatic lesion of the sciatic nerve during practice of yoga. Nerve conduction studies showed a bilateral sciatic nerve neuropathy, mostly affecting the peroneal component. Lumbar plexus MRI documented regular anatomical features of the main principal nerve roots with bilateral T2 signal alteration of roots L4, L5 and S1 that extended into the sciatic nerves showing both increase in size, probably related to chronic injury of nerves, and an alteration in diffusion signal that suggested a recent acute overlapped process.

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Abbreviations

NCS:

Nerve conduction studies

EMG:

Electromyography

MRC:

Medical Research Council

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  1. Patrizia Dacci

    Present address: Neuromuscular Disease Unit, IRCCS Foundation “Carlo Besta” Neurological Institute, Via Celoria 11, 20133, Milan, Italy

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  1. Department of Neurology and Clinical Neurophysiology, San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Università Vita e Salute, Via Olgettina 60, 20132, Milan, Italy

    Patrizia Dacci, Stefano Amadio, Lucia Moiola, Ubaldo Del Carro, Marta Radaelli, Gianluca Figlia, Vittorio Martinelli, Giancarlo Comi & Raffaella Fazio

  2. Department of Neuroradiology, San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Università Vita e Salute, Via Olgettina 60, 20132, Milan, Italy

    Simonetta Gerevini

  3. Department of Neurology and INSPE, Institute of Experimental Neurology, San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Via Olgettina 60, 20132, Milan, Italy

    Patrizia Dacci

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Dacci, P., Amadio, S., Gerevini, S. et al. Practice of yoga may cause damage of both sciatic nerves: a case report. Neurol Sci 34, 393–396 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10072-012-0998-9

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