muscles affected by femoral nerve damage
The damage to the femoral nerve can be caused by compression, trauma, and disease such as diabetes. Patients suffering from femoral neuropathy complain of pain that radiates into the front of the thigh and the mid-calf and is associated with weakness of the quadriceps muscle causing the knee to buckle.he damage to the femoral nerve can be caused by compression, trauma, and disease such as diabetes. Patients suffering from femoral neuropathy complain of pain that radiates into the front of the thigh and the mid-calf and is associated with weakness of the quadriceps muscle causing the knee to buckle.