Causes of foot drop

Question 1

What are the signs of Foot drop:

Answer 1

• a sign of underlying neurological, muscular or anatomical problem
• due to weakness/paralysis of tibialis anterior muscle

Question 2

Foot Drop

symptoms:

Answer 2

difficulty lifting front part of foot, foot dragging on floor when walking,

steppage gait (lift thigh high when walking to avoid foot dragging), foot numbness

Question 3

Foot frop:

symptoms:

Answer 3

difficulty lifting front part of foot, foot dragging on floor when walking,

steppage gait(lift thigh high when walking to avoid foot dragging), foot numbness

Question 4

Foot drop:

causes:

Answer 4

• peroneal nerve compression – the most common! ; may also be injured during hip/knee surgery
• “pinched nerve” (nerve root injury) ie. from herniated disc
• trauma to the muscle, spinal cord
• abnormal anatomy
• muscular dystrophy
• brain and spinal cord disorders ie. multiple sclerosis, ALS, stroke
• polio
• forms of muscular dystrophy, an inherited disease that causes progressive muscle weakness

Question 5

Neurologic causes of foot drop

Name:

Answer 5

Neurologic causes of foot drop:

• mononeuropathies of the deep peroneal nerve,
• the common peroneal nerve, or the sciatic nerve.
• Lumbosacral plexopathy,
• lumbar radiculopathy, motor neuron disease,
• parasagittal cortical
• subcortical cerebral lesions also can manifest as foot drop.

Question 6

Foot drop

Risk factors:

Answer 6

• diabetes – more susceptible to neuropathies
• certain habitual activities ie. crossing legs, prolonged kneelin/squatting, leg cast