Anatomic motor point localization for partial quadriceps block in spasticity Thierry Albert, MD, Alain Yelnik, MD, Florence Colle, MD, Isabelle Bonan, MD, Jean Pierre Lassau, MD Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Volume 81, Issue 3, Pages 285-287 (March 2000) DOI: 10.1016/S0003-9993(00)90072-8 Copyright © 2000 American Congress of Rehabilitation Medicine and the American Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Terms and Conditions
Fig. 1 Schematic representation of the vasti and their nerves and anatomic landmarks. Point F is the issuing spot of the femoral nerve under the femoral arcade at one finger-width lateral to the femoral artery. Point R is the middle of the superior edge of the patella. Distance FR is the segment joining F and R, which indicates thigh height. Point M is the motor point of the vastus intermediate nerve. Point M orthogonal projection on segment FR defines the point M′. The distance FM′ is the point M′ and the point M absolute vertical coordinate (FM′ = FM). The horizontal coordinate of point M is the absolute distance MM′. Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation 2000 81, 285-287DOI: (10.1016/S0003-9993(00)90072-8) Copyright © 2000 American Congress of Rehabilitation Medicine and the American Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Terms and Conditions
Fig. 2 Histogram 1. Distribution of FM′/FR ratios. Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation 2000 81, 285-287DOI: (10.1016/S0003-9993(00)90072-8) Copyright © 2000 American Congress of Rehabilitation Medicine and the American Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Terms and Conditions
Fig. 3 Histogram 2. Distribution of MM′ distances. Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation 2000 81, 285-287DOI: (10.1016/S0003-9993(00)90072-8) Copyright © 2000 American Congress of Rehabilitation Medicine and the American Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Terms and Conditions