| Name | Affected Nerve(s) | Affected Part(s) | Affects Sensation? | Affects Movement? | Clinical Features | Type of Neuropathy |
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| Bell palsy | Facial | Eye, nasolabial fold, lip (corner of the mouth) | Occasionally | Yes | Paralysis of the facial muscles, usually on just one side of the face | Inflammatory |
| Carpal tunnel syndrome | Median | Wrist and hand | Yes | Yes | Pain and numbness of the hand and wrist, often caused by repetitive movements or overuse such as typing, sawing, hammering, or polishing | Entrapment |
| Diabetic sensory neuropathy | Multiple | Feet, lower extremities; sometimes hand s late in the course | Yes | No | Burning, stinging pain beginning in both feet, typically occurring after several years of poorly controlled diabetes. Can predispose to foot injury and infections. | Metabolic |
| Idiopathic brachial plexopathy (neuralgic amyotrophy; Parsonage-Turner syndrome; shoulder girdle syndrome) | Brachial | Shoulder | Yes | Yes | Pain in the shoulder, esp. after vigorous physical activity. Occasionally followed by shoulder girdle muscle atrophy | Entrapment |
| Meralgia paresthetica | Lateral femoral cutaneous | Thigh | Yes | No | Stinging pain in the anterolateral thigh. Usually found in obesity or in diabetes mellitus | Entrapment |
| Morton neuroma (interdigital neuropathy) | Interdigital nerves of the feet | Ball of foot | Yes | No | Pain often occurring between the web spaces of the 3rd and 4th toes during walking or stand ing | Entrapment |
| Piriformis syndrome | Sciatic | Buttock, with radiation into the leg | Yes | No | Buttock pain without back pain that is worsened by sitting and is relieved by walking | Entrapment/compression |
| Radial nerve palsy (musculospiral paralysis; Saturday night palsy) | Radial nerve (spiral groove entrapment) | Wrist, hand , and forearm | Yes | Yes | Temporary paralysis and numbness of the hand and arm, which may mimic a stroke. Caused by nerve compression, e.g., falling asleep on one’s side on a hard surface | Entrapment/ compression |
| Suprascapular neuropathy | Suprascapular | Back of the shoulder | Yes | Yes | Shoulder pain and muscular atrophy. Decreased ability to rotate or abduct the shoulder | Entrapment |
| Tarsal tunnel syndrome | Posterior tibial | Sole of the foot | Yes | No | Pain under the foot that is worsened by walking | Entrapment |
| Trigeminal neuralgia | Trigeminal | Cheek, nose, upper lip | Yes | No | Intense, repetitive facial pains that are often worsened by chewing, shaving, or toothbrushing, usually accompanied by spasm on the affected side of the face | Entrapment |