Dermatome mapping tends to be accurate but not all the time, though. Research into leg pain patterns from damaged L5 and S1 nerve roots used MRI to analyze spinal injuries and found 50% to 80% of ...

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 ...

Dermatomes are areas of skin that send signals to the brain through the spinal nerves. The dermatome system covers the entire body from the hands and fingers to the feet and toes. The part of a ...

Placement of a catheter in the lumbar epidural ... to the T10 dermatome; the suprapubic area, which corresponds to the T12 dermatome; and the knee, which corresponds to the L4 and L5 dermatomes.

[19] Eligible patients with suspected chronic lumbar radiculopathy ... sensory loss in the L4 dermatome and the muscle power for the ankle dorsiflexion. To diagnose an L5 radiculopathy the ...

can trigger symptoms in the corresponding dermatome. The nerves from the lumbar spine (low back) supply the toes. The most commonly affected areas in the low back are the L4/L5 (lumbar vertebra ...

Background Clinical examination of patients with chronic lumbar radiculopathy aims ... of 6.28 (95% CI 1.06–37.21) for L4, 1.74 (95% CI 1.04–2.93) for L5, and 1.29 (95% CI 0.97–1.72) for ...