Straight Leg Raising Test: Physical Exam | Straight leg raise test

PleaseentertexttosearchSearchbyOutlineSetSearchLimitsAdvancedSearchBackHomeSearchbyOutlinesSetSearchLimitsSearchWithinAllKeyphrasesArticleTitleArticleContentTypeofSearchAlloftheWordsAnyoftheWordsExactPhraseLimittoaDatabaseAnatomyImagesBiostatisticsCalculatorsClinicalTrialsDifferentialDiagnosisDrugReferenceEBMTopicsLabTestsPharmacogeneticsPharmacologyPhysicalExamPracticeAreaProceduresRadiologyReferenceToolsToxicology(OR)SearchDatabasesManuallybyOutlineAnatomyImagesBiostatisticsCalculatorsClinicalTrialsDifferentialDiagnosisDrugReferenceEBMTopicsLabTestsPharmacogeneticsPharmacologyPhysicalExamPracticeAreaProceduresRadiologyReferenceToolsToxicologyStraightLegRaisingTestDefinitionIndicationsContraindicationsMechanismTechniqueDifferentialNotesEditors&ReviewersReferencesDefinitionApassivetestusedtoevaluateforlumbarnerveroot(L4-S1)impingement/irritation(lumbosacralradiculopathy)andsciaticneuropathyCompressionofthespinalnerverootasitpassesthroughthevertebralforamencausesapainfulradiculopathywithassociatedmuscleweaknessanddermatomalsensoryloss,usuallyfromaherniateddisc IndicationsPatientpresentswithlowbackpainandnervepainthatradiatesdowntheleg  ContraindicationsPresenceofhipdisease MechanismofActionThemaneuversstretchtheaffectednerverootsandsciaticnerve TechniqueLyingStraightLegRaiseTest:HavethepatientlaysupinewithlegsextendedPlaceyourhandbeneaththelumbarspinetoensurethereisnocompensatorylordosisObservethelumbarspineduringtheexambecauseachangeinthecurveinvalidatesthetestresultsAlsomakesurethepelvisdoesnotrisefromthetableAskthepatienttorelaxtheirleg GrasptheankleofthelegandplaceyourotherhandonthefrontofthethightomaintainthekneeinfullextensionSlowlyraisetheleguntilthepatientcomplainsofpainormaximalflexionhasbeenachieved(60-120degrees)Assessthedegreeofelevationatwhichpainoccurs,thequalityanddistributionofpain,andtheeffectsofdorsiflexionNotewhethertheend-feelisabruptorgradual;ifgradual,continuegentlyaslongasthepainisslightsoasnottomissapainfularc,beyondwhichmotioncancontinuewitho


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