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KEITH B. TAYLOR
Global Scholars Program at Northumbria University
ANATOMY
Effects of Foot Positions and BMI on the Tibial Nerve at the Tarsal Tunnel.
Nnamdi-nwosu1, Onyinye, Ruba Abdullah1, Tamseela Gurru1, Tony Bourdkane1, James Coey1.2 and Sara Sulaiman3.
1St. George’s International School of Medicine Keith B. Taylor Global Scholars Program, Northumbria University, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 8ST, UK.
2Department of Anatomy, St. George’s University, Grenada, W.I.
3Department of Applied Sciences, Faculty of Health and Life Sciences, Northumbria University, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 8ST,UK.
The tibial nerve showing a typical “honeycomb” appearance due to the hypo- and hyperechoic contract of the neural fasicals and connective tissue, within the tarsal tunnel. Posterior tibial artery and veins are identified as a hypoechoic compressible structure.
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