Medical Foot Drop

Foot drop - Symptoms and causes - Mayo Clinic

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Foot drop, sometimes called drop foot, is a general term for difficulty lifting the front part of the foot. If you have foot drop, the front of your foot might drag on the ground when you walk. Foot drop isn't a disease. Rather, it is a sign of an underlying neurological, muscular or anatomical problem. Sometimes foot … See more

Foot Drop: What It Is, Causes, Symptoms & Treatment

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Foot Drop: Causes, Symptoms, and Treatment - WebMD

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Causes of foot drop include: nerve injury brain or spinal disorders muscle disorders

Foot drop: Causes, symptoms, treatment, and more

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Foot drop is a walking condition that can occur due to stroke, multiple sclerosis (MS), and other neurological disorders. Foot drop causes weakness or paralysis of the muscles that pull the...

Foot Drop Syndrome | National Institute of Neurological …

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What is foot drop syndrome? Peripheral nerve disorders such as Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease or acquired peripheral neuropathy Local compression or …

Foot drop | The BMJ

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Foot drop (weakness of the dorsiflexion muscles in the foot) is common, causes difficulty in walking, and greatly increases risk of falling. Spontaneous unilateral foot drop usually has a peripheral cause. The …

Foot drop - Wikipedia

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Foot drop is a gait abnormality in which the dropping of the forefoot happens due to weakness, irritation or damage to the deep fibular nerve (deep peroneal), including the sciatic nerve, or paralysis of the muscles in …

What Is Foot Drop? | Spine-health

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Foot drop may also occur when the nerves in the leg and/or feet are damaged due to systemic conditions or genetic disorders. A few examples include diabetes, vasculitis (inflammation of blood vessels), …

Foot Drop - StatPearls - NCBI Bookshelf

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Foot drop is a clinical entity that is not frequently seen in primary care settings. There are multiple etiologies of foot drop. Careful neurological examination, in conjunction with metabolic work-up, …