Lewis F
Med Hypotheses. 1991 Apr;34(4):331-3. doi: 10.1016/0306-9877(91)90049-5.
Entrapment of the saphenous nerve after emergence from its lumbar roots and before its distribution to the medial surface of the leg is suggested as a cause of Restless Legs Syndrome (other anomalies of the saphenous nerve, especially those where the nerve is part of a general neuropathy, are not considered here). This finding is supported by evidence which: 1) identifies Restless Legs Syndrome as a nerve entrapment syndrome from: the dysesthesia in Meralgia Paresthetica, the paraesthesiae of Carpal Tunnel Syndrome and the poorly localized pain in pronator syndrome and suprascapular nerve entrapment; 2) isolates the saphenous nerve as the entrapped nerve from the patient's difficulty in identifying the precise area of sensation in saphenous nerve entrapment at Hunter's Canal; 3) localizes the pelvic region as the site of entrapment from rates of Restless Legs Syndrome of 11 and 19% in pregnant women, a correlation between chronic nonspecific prostatitis and Restless Legs Syndrome.
隐神经从腰神经根发出后至分布到小腿内侧之前受到卡压被认为是不宁腿综合征的一个病因（此处不考虑隐神经的其他异常情况，尤其是那些神经作为一般神经病变一部分的情况）。这一发现得到了以下证据的支持：1）从不宁腿综合征与感觉异常性股痛的感觉异常、腕管综合征的感觉异常以及旋前圆肌综合征和肩胛上神经卡压的定位不明确的疼痛等方面，将不宁腿综合征确定为一种神经卡压综合征；2）从患者难以确定亨特管处隐神经卡压的精确感觉区域，将隐神经确定为被卡压的神经；3）从孕妇中不宁腿综合征发生率为11%和19%，慢性非特异性前列腺炎与不宁腿综合征之间的相关性，将盆腔区域确定为卡压部位。
