Tarsal Tunnel Syndrome (Subscribe)  

Tarsal tunnel syndrome (TTS) is the most common entrapment syndrome in the ankle.[1] TTS is caused by an entrapment of the posterior tibial nerve or its terminal branches, the medial, lateral, and calcaneal nerves, within the tarsal tunnel. In the ankle, the tarsal tunnel is located posterior and inferior to...

The brain and spinal cord receive and send information through muscles and sensory receptors. The information sent to organs is transmitted through nerves. The nerves travel to the upper and lower extremities and traverse the various joints along their paths. Unfortunately, these nerves can become compressed or entrapped at various...

Review of nerve entrapments syndromes from groin to foot
Synonyms and related keywords: iliohypogastric nerve entrapment, ilioinguinal nerve entrapment, genitofemoral nerve entrapment, lateral femoral cutaneous nerve entrapment, femoral nerve entrapment, saphenous nerve entrapment, obturator nerve entrapment, peroneal nerve entrapment, posterior tibial nerve entrapment, tarsal tunnel syndrome, superficial peroneal nerve entrapment, deep...

Abstract - Neurilemoma of the Posterior Tibial Nerve and Tarsal Tunnel Syndrome Sarnarendra Miranpuri, DPM *, Eric Snook, DPM *, David Vang, DPM *, Raymond M. Yong, DPM * and William E. Chagares, DPM * * Department of Podiatry, North Chicago Veterans Affairs Medical Center, North Chicago, IL. Corresponding author: Sarnarendra...

Notes on inciting causes, clinical findings, differential diagnosis, EMG, MRI, Operative decompression
Wheeless' Textbook of Orthopaedics

The tarsal tunnel is a fibro-osseous space located posterior to the medial malleolus. Several structures pass through this space, including the posterior tibial nerve, the posterior tibial artery and vein, and the tendons of the flexor hallucis longus, flexor digitorum longus, and posterior tibial muscles. The tarsal tunnel is bordered...

Tarsal tunnel syndrome (TTS) is a condition characterised by symptoms of pain, altered sensation or neurological deficit affecting the branches of the posterior tibial nerve at the ankle. There may or may not be alterations in objective findings on neurological examination or in electrophysiological tests of nerve function. It is...

Tarsal tunnel syndrome is a condition that is caused by compression of the tibial nerve or its associated branches as the nerve passes underneath the flexor retinaculum at the level of the ankle or distally.
Synonyms and related keywords: tarsal tunnel neuropathy, entrapment neuropathy of the tibial nerve, posterior tibial neuropathy,...

Definition - Entrapment neuropathy of Posterior Tibial Nerve within the tarsal tunnel
Also notes on anatomy, aetiology, clinical features, investigation, DDx, management and results

Tarsal tunnel syndrome is an uncommon entrapment neuropathy caused by several conditions, of which ganglion cysts are one. Most ganglion-associated neuropathy involves the peroneal nerve; cysts involving the posterior tibial nerve account for only 4% of cases. Despite debate about the actual causes of these cysts, most believe that they...