TY - JOUR T1 - Traumatic distal femoral neuropathy JF - Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery & Psychiatry JO - J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry SP - 614 LP - 615 DO - 10.1136/jnnp.65.4.614b VL - 65 IS - 4 AU - PETER L SILBERT AU - ROD MOORE AU - BRIAN DAWSON Y1 - 1998/10/01 UR - http://jnnp.bmj.com/content/65/4/614.3.abstract N2 - We read with interest the recent report by Padua et al 1 on a body building champion with an isolated mononeuropathy of a distal branch of the femoral nerve, having recently seen a similar patient, with a different cause.A 39 year old sports physiologist underwent a resting muscle biopsy using the Bergstrom technique, for research purposes. He had previously undergone eight of these biopsies on the other leg without adverse effect, and this biopsy was performed by an experienced operator. Under lignocaine anaesthesia the biopsy needle was inserted. As manual suction was applied followed immediately by closing the biopsy needle, the subject had an intense feeling of cramp (that had not been noticed with previous biopsies). The … ER -