Luria's research was conducted in two important expeditions to Uzbekistan in 1931-1932. The expedition was designed by Vygotsky and Luria to investigate the principles of sociohistorical psychology by comparing the psychological processes of groups of people who had been differentially affected by the Sovietization of agriculture.
Symptoms of peroneal nerve injury (foot drop). Symptoms of peroneal nerve injury (foot drop) may include: 1  Inability to point toes toward the body (dorsi flexion). 2  Pain. 3  Weakness. 4  Numbness (on the shin or top of the foot). 5  Loss of function of foot. 6  High-stepping walk (called steppage gait or footdrop gait).
One of the first things to do in the assessment of possible common peroneal nerve entrapment is to verify that the irritation in the common peroneal nerve at this location is not due to a lumbar spine cause, such as a herniated disk or spinal stenosis, and is truly localized to the common peroneal nerve itself.