Crossed femoral stretching test. A case report

Spine

Volumn 21, Issue 13, 1996, Pages 1584-1586

  Kreitz, Brad G ^a   Côté, Pierre ^a   Yong Hing, Ken ^a  

^a ROYAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

femoral nerve traction sign test; femoral stretching test; radiculopathy; upper lumbar disc herniation

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; FEMALE; FEMORAL NERVE; HUMAN; INTERVERTEBRAL DISKECTOMY; LUMBAR DISK HERNIA; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; FEMALE; FEMUR; HUMANS; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DISPLACEMENT; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MOVEMENT; MUSCLE RELAXATION; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; SPINAL NERVE ROOTS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0029956957     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007632-199607010-00019     Document Type: Article

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