Low back pain on passive straight leg raising: The anterior theca as a source of pain

Spine

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 342-345

  Summers, Bruce ^a   Malhan, Kaushal ^a   Cassar Pullicino, Victor ^b  

^a PRINCESS ROYAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b ROBERT JONES AND AGNES HUNT ORTHOPAEDIC HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acute low back pain; Central disc prolapse; Straight leg raising

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECOMPRESSION SURGERY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK HERNIA; ISCHIALGIA; LEG PAIN; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; MYELOGRAPHY; NERVE ROOT COMPRESSION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; DURA MATER; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DISPLACEMENT; LEG; LOW BACK PAIN; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCULOSKELETAL MANIPULATIONS; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION;

EID: 13444259337     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.brs.0000152378.93868.c8     Document Type: Review

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