Physiotherapy Rehabilitation Towards Foot Drop in a Paediatric Case of Iatrogenic Sciatic Nerve Palsy: A Case Report.

In this report, we are presenting a case of injection nerve palsy in a three-year-old child whose parents visited with the complaint of weakness of the left lower limb, inability to walk, and difficulty in performing lower limb movements after taking diphtheria-tetanus-pertussis (DPT) vaccination in the gluteal region by intramuscular route. The child exhibited a foot drop on his left leg and a high step gait when examined. Nerve conduction velocity was performed, which revealed pure motor axonal mononeuropathy involving the left sciatic nerve. She was diagnosed with a left sciatic nerve injury from a foot drop and was referred to physiotherapy. With the proper exercise protocol, physiotherapy rehabilitation began. We report that after rehabilitation, she showed improvement in the strength of the lower limb and gait pattern. As a result, physiotherapy is critical in improving a patient's gait pattern, ensuring early and rapid recovery, and treating the condition's clinical manifestations. This case study concludes that physiotherapy rehabilitation for injection palsy in a three-year-old female child with foot drop led to improved lower-limb strength, which assisted the patient in ambulation and prevented other deformities.