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In the literature, it has been shown that neuropathic pain in chronic low back pain is quite common in patients. Although superior cluneal nerve entrapment syndrome is an underdiagnosed cause of low back and leg pain, differential diagnosis is very important anatomically and clinically. The superior cluneal nerves are\u00a0pure sensory nerves\u00a0that innervate\u00a0the\u00a0skin of\u00a0the\u00a0upper part of\u00a0the\u00a0buttocks. In the literature, methods such as surgery, nerve blockade, prolotherapy, and acupuncture have been used in the treatment of cluneal nerve entrapment syndrome, but there are no studies on exercise. In this case report, our aim is to explain the importance of differential diagnosis in cluneal nerve entrapment syndrome, which is one of the common causes of low back pain in the clinic, and the effects of exercise in this disease.<\/jats:p>\n              <\/jats:sec><jats:sec>\n                <jats:title>Case presentation<\/jats:title>\n                <jats:p>A 22-year-old, Turkish-ethnicity, male patient with complaints of low back pain, neck\u2013back pain, and weakness did not use alcohol or cigarettes. In his family history, there was a history of diabetes in the mother and diabetes and heart failure in the father. He had a history of osteoporosis, epilepsy, asthma, sarcoidosis, and cardiac arrhythmia. The patient reported that he suffered from constipation three to four times a month. As a result of the detailed evaluation, the planned exercise prescription was taught to the patient, and after it was confirmed that the patient did the exercises correctly for 3\u00a0days, the exercise brochure was given and followed as a home exercise program for 8\u00a0weeks.<\/jats:p>\n              <\/jats:sec><jats:sec>\n                <jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title>\n                <jats:p>Lumbar stabilization exercises, gluteal muscle strengthening exercises, thoracolumbar fascia mobilization, and stretching exercises, which will be given in accordance with the clinical anatomy of the disease after the correct diagnosis in cluneal nerve entrapment syndrome, have been beneficial for the patient. However, we think that randomized controlled studies with a large sample will contribute to the literature.<\/jats:p>\n              <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1186\/s13256-024-04641-w","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2024,7,25]],"date-time":"2024-07-25T00:02:08Z","timestamp":1721865728000},"update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1007\/springer_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":1,"title":["Effect of exercise on cluneal nerve entrapment neuropathy: a case report"],"prefix":"10.1186","volume":"18","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-1692-5393","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Burcu","family":"\u00d6z\u00fcberk","sequence":"first","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-8055-9530","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Mine Argal\u0131","family":"Deniz","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-2360-1020","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Feray Cinevre","family":"Soyupek","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"297","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2024,7,25]]},"reference":[{"issue":"6","key":"4641_CR1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"968","DOI":"10.1136\/annrheumdis-2013-204428","volume":"73","author":"D Hoy","year":"2014","unstructured":"Hoy D, March L, Brooks P, Blyth F, Woolf A, Bain C, et\u00a0al. 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