They were then fitted with a peroneal stimulator which was used for a further four weeks.
Stimulation was applied to the common peroneal nerve at the neck of the fibula and in the popliteal fossa.
He found that 20% of the ambulant hemiplegic population benefited from common peroneal stimulation during the rehabilitation period and that it was also useful with children and multiple sclerosis sufferers.
The negative (active) electrode was placed over the common peroneal nerve below the knee, and a large indifferent electrode either on the thigh or the lower leg.
Similarly, in the lower leg, structures near the tibia (shinbone) are tibial and structures near the fibula are fibular (or peroneal).
In its lower part is an opening for the passage of the anterior peroneal vessels.
This incapacitates the leg by hitting the common peroneal nerve.
Transient trauma to the nerve can result from peroneal strike.
