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Tuber ischiadicum / hamstrings / sciatic nerve – longitudinal

Patient Positioning

Patient lies prone. The foot may hang out of the bed or place a little pillow under the ankle to reach a comfortable position.

Probe Positioning

Place the transducer on a sagittal plane over the ischiatic tuberosity and move the probe lateral and slightly distal to the conjoined tendon of the semitendinosus and the long head of biceps femoris to visualize the sciatic nerve.

Probe Placement Hip
Probe Placement Hip
Pelvis posterior sciatic nerve longitudinal
Pelvis posterior sciatic nerve longitudinal

Note: the sciatic nerve can be visualized between the long head of biceps muscle (superficial) and the adductor magnus muscle.