The Sensitivity of the Seated Straight-Leg Raise Test Compared With the Supine Straight-Leg Raise Test in Patients Presenting With Magnetic Resonance Imaging Evidence of Lumbar Nerve Root Compression

Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Volumn 88, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 840-843

  Rabin, Alon ^b   Gerszten, Peter C ^a   Karausky, Pat ^a   Bunker, Clareann H ^d   Potter, Douglas M ^c   Welch, William C ^a  

^a Department of Neurological Surgery and Orthopaedic Surgery ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH GRADUATE SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Lumbar region; Neurologic examination; Radiculopathy; Rehabilitation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LEG EXERCISE; LOW BACK PAIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NERVE COMPRESSION; NEUROSURGERY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PATIENT REFERRAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RADICULOPATHY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SITTING; SPINAL ROOT; STANDARD; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SUPINE POSITION; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

HUMANS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; POSTURE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RADICULOPATHY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 34250712961     PISSN: 00039993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apmr.2007.04.016     Document Type: Article

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