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2. Pes anserinus (leg) - Wikipedia

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   Pes anserinus tendinitis/bursitis syndrome, or pes anserine bursitis, is a cause of chronic knee pain and weakness. [3] [4] It occurs when the medial portion of the knee is inflamed. If the bursa underlying the tendons of the sartorius, gracilis, and semitendinosus gets irritated from overuse or injury, a person can develop this ailment. This ...

3. Medial compartment of thigh - Wikipedia

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   The medial compartment of thigh is one of the fascial compartments of the thigh and contains the hip adductor muscles and the gracilis muscle. The obturator nerve is the primary nerve supplying this compartment. The obturator artery is the blood supply to the medial thigh. The muscles in the compartment are: gracilis; adductor longus; adductor ...

4. Pes anserine bursitis - Wikipedia

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   Sometimes they report weakness or decreased range of motion. The physician examines the knee in full extension, looking for tenderness in the medial knee joint and across the proximal, medial tibial region, and feels for tenderness along the medial tendons of the pes anserine when the knee is flexed at 90 degrees. [citation needed]

5. Muscle cramps are a pain. These expert-approved tips ... - AOL

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   The pain from these contractions can cause mobility limitations and a tense feeling within the muscle, he says. While they’re usually harmless, muscle cramps are undoubtedly uncomfortable.

6. Meralgia paraesthetica - Wikipedia

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   The most common symptom is pain, paresthesias, or dysthesias on the anterolateral surface of the thigh that extends just above the knee. [3] [8] [5] [2] [6] [4] (The term "meralgia paraesthetica" combines four Greek roots to mean "thigh pain with abnormal sensations".) Examples of paresthesias (abnormal sensations but not unpleasant) and ...

7. Anterior cutaneous branches of the femoral nerve - Wikipedia

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   The anterior branch runs downward on the sartorius, perforates the fascia lata at the lower third of the thigh, and divides into two branches: one supplies the integument as low down as the medial side of the knee; the other crosses to the lateral side of the patella, communicating in its course with the infrapatellar branch of the saphenous nerve.

8. Sacroiliac joint dysfunction - Wikipedia

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   Then, downward pressure is applied to the medial knee stressing both the hip and sacroiliac joint. [1] [2] [4] Thigh Thrust - This test applies anteroposterior shear stress on the SI joint. The patient lies supine with one hip flexed to 90 degrees. The examiner stands on the same side as the flexed leg.

9. Femoral nerve dysfunction - Wikipedia

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   Those with femoral nerve dysfunction may present problems of difficulties in movement and a loss of sensation. [medical citation needed] The patient, in terms of motor skills, may have problems such as quadriceps wasting, loss of knee extension and a lesser extent of hip flexion given the femoral nerve involvement of the iliacus and pectineus muscles. [3]