This compression can occur anywhere along the spine, but it usually occurs in the lower, or lumbar, region. A pinched nerve can cause pain, tingling, or numbness in its corresponding dermatome.

At the lower end, the 11 lumbar, sacral, and coccygeal dermatomes are often grouped together as the lower extremity dermatomes. A spinal nerve root is a bundle of nerve fibers that branches off ...

A dermatome is an area of skin supplied by a single spinal nerve. There are 31 pairs of spinal nerves, forming nerve roots that branch from your spinal cord, but only 30 dermatomes. Your spinal ...

Light touch and pinprick sensation must be assessed for the perianal dermatomes of S2 to S5 ... the injury was complete and whether the sacral nerve roots were disrupted. Sacral fractures commonly ...

The tests were the straight leg raising test, and tests for motor muscle strength, dermatome sensory ... findings of nerve root impingement in patients with chronic lumbar radiculopathy is low ...

The epidural space contains fat, lymphatics, veins, and the nerve roots that ... a blunt needle at various dermatomes to test for nociception. Placement of a lumbar epidural catheter is generally ...

If approved, condoliase would be the first biologic or drug green-lit for lumbosacral radicular ... leg pain in the concordant dermatome of the affected nerve root Failed 6 weeks or more of ...