Peroneal nerve is most commonly interrupted at the knee and possibly at the joint of hip and ankle.

Relatively tethered location around fibular head, tenuous vascular supply and epineural connective tissues are possible factors that cause damage on the common peroneal nerve.

Other medications that are used to reduce pain include gabapentin, carbamazepine, or tricyclic antidepressants such as amitriptyline.

Whenever if possible, patients need to avoid or limit the use of medication to reduce the risk of side effects.

Vocational counseling, occupational therapy, or similar programs may help patients to maximize their mobility and independence.

Palsy causes decrease of muscle strength to lift the foot, twist ankle outside, and move toes around.

Other possible causing factors are metabolic dysfunction of lower part of knee or disorientation of hip or pelvis.

[7] Examinations are required for following reasons: [8] Electromyography is used to observe peroneal nerve palsy within one month of injuries.

Conduction velocities are affected by a wide array of factors, including age, sex, and various medical conditions.

If a cast, splint, dressing, or other pressure on the lower leg causes a tight feeling or numbness, call the health care provider.

[12] Precise knowledge about the length and exact localization of a damaged nerve segment is essential for surgical intervention.

[14] Grafting is a surgical procedure to move tissue from one site to another on the body, or from another person, without bringing its own blood supply with it.

A similar technique where tissue is transferred with the blood supply intact is called a flap.

Examples of this are a tube to carry blood flow across a defect or from an artery to a vein for use in hemodialysis.

It is an elective procedure that is done to relieve pain and restore function to the joint after damage by arthritis or some other type of trauma.

However, there has been series of reports arthroplasty worsens condition of peroneal nerve, causing paralysis.

[16] Friedrich Albert von Zenker (1825–1898) was a German pathologist and physician, celebrated for his discovery of trichinosis.

In that year he published "Über die Trichinenkrankheit des Menschen" ("On the trichine-illness of humans", in volume XVIII of Virchow's Archiv).