RADICULAR PAIN: THE STRAIGHT LEG RAISE TEST The Straight Leg Raise Test (SLR) is the most common test used in the diagnosis of radicular pain. According to a review by van der Windt et al. (2010) it has a pooled sensitivity of 92% and a specificity of 28%. You can find the link to this study right here: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20166095 The test stresses the nerve roots of L4-S2 and is considered positive if shooting pain is elicited up until 60-70° of hip flexion.This test is based o

SPINE ASSESSMENT SERIES PART 10: STRAIGHT LEG RAISE TEST FOR LUMBAR RADICULAR SYNDROME Early on in your treatment, you want to know if you´re dealing with specific low back pain that comes from lumbosacral radicular syndrome (after you excluded serious pathologies) or with aspecific low back pain. The Straight Leg Raise (SLR) Test is performed as a provocative test to help in the diagnosis of lumbar radicular syndrome. In patient´s with nerve root compression, the SLR will produce shooting, burn

THE ACTIVE STRAIGHT LEG RAISE TEST FOR PELVIC GIRDLE PAIN Patients with pelvic-girdle pain often report difficulties to transfer load between the lower limb and the trunk. The active straight leg raise test, abbreviated as ASLR is thought to test this ability. Mens et al. in the year 2001 have evaluated the test regarding its test-retest reliability and validity to discriminate healthy subjects from patients with posterior pelvic pain since pregnancy. They found a test-retest reliability after 1

Njia rahisi za kupima sciatica (Self-test & Clinical maneuvers) 255672441815 1. Straight Leg Raise Test (SLR) • Lala chali kwenye kitanda au sakafu. • Kunyosha mguu mmoja, kisha mwombe mtu akuinue taratibu ukiwa umenyooka. • Ukihisi maumivu makali yanayosambaa kutoka mgongoni chini kuelekea mguuni, hasa ukiinua zaidi ya nyuzi 30–70, kuna uwezekano mkubwa wa sciatica. 2. Sitting Slump Test • Kaa kwenye kiti, miguu ikiwa imenyooka mbele. • Pinda shingo yako kuelekea kifua (angalia chini). • Kisha