Abstract des Autors

The following case report describes the history of a seventeen-year-old female athlete who complained of chronic proximal posterior thigh pain following athletic competition. This problem is common among athletes and often distinguished as entrapment of the sciatic nerve by the piriformis and hamstring muscles. Clinical findings presented explain related symptomatology and the pathogenic nature of sciatic nerve entrapment. Pain management included the use of physical therapeutic modalities to assist the athlete in maintaining an appropriate level of comfort and performance. Because of the patho-mechanical involvement of the hamstring muscles in this case, the surgical procedure of choice was correction of the sciatic nerve with neurolysis and hamstring recession. The results were excellent and the athlete returned to physical activity within six weeks following surgery. Verf.-Referat