Nerve:  Inferior gluteal


Compartment:   Buttocks (gluteal)


Skeletal muscles:  Gluteus maximus


Cutaneous distribution:  None


Neuromuscular deficit:  Patients shift the weight of their upper trunk posteriorly at heel strike to facilitate hip extension on the side of impairment. No cutaneous nerve deficit accompanies weakness/paralysis.

 

Inferior Gluteal

Created by the Neurobiology and Anatomy Department:
F. Reilly, Ph.D., B. Palmer, P. Klinkhachorn, Ph.D., H. Ressetar, Ph.D.http://anatomy.hsc.wvu.edu/