Figure 4

Sketch summarizing consensus findings on the distribution of innervation patterns of the accessory obturator, femoral, obturator, nerve to quadratus femoris, sciatic and superior gluteal nerves. Sketch adapted from Tomlinson et al (2020)¹⁹. The top row of sketches represents the anterior capsule and the bottom row shows the posterior capsule. Insufficient information was available on the distribution of innervation from other nerves of the lumbosacral plexus; therefore, they were not included in this diagram. The intensity of the shading relates to the percentage of studies that agree that a particular region of the hip capsule receives innervation from a certain nerve. Darker regions depict areas where the literature demonstrates more general consensus that the region is innervated by the nerve. Lighter areas are regions of less general consensus that the regions are supplied by a particular nerve. D distal, I inferior, L lateral, M medial, P proximal, S superior.