Clinical Tests | A list of clinical tests that detects/confirms a physical or mental feature which is regarded as an indication of a disease.
Straight Leg Raise Test 3 – Sural Nerve Bias Purpose of Straight Leg Raise Test 3 – Sural Nerve Bias: To test if a modified straight leg raise test with a bias towards the sural nerve assists in the differential diagnosis of sural nerve pathology in people with neurologic symptoms associated with radiculopathy (1). Patient position: Supine lying. Examiner position: Standing beside the patient, at … Continue reading Straight Leg Raise Test 3
This blog summarises the available evidence on the influence of entrapment neuropathies on the anatomical and physiological features of the peripheral nervous system that have previously been discussed. Let’s get started! Entrapment Neuropathies and Ischaemia Entrapment neuropathies are hypothesised to disrupt intraneural blood flow by reversing the pressure gradient required for optimal blood supply. Extraneural pressures as low as 20–30 mmHg interrupt intraneural venous circulation, … Continue reading Pathophysiology of entrapment neuropathies
Straight Leg Raise Test 2 – Tibial Nerve Bias Purpose: To test if a modified straight leg raise test with a bias towards the tibial nerve assists in the differential diagnosis of tibial nerve pathology in people with neurologic symptoms associated with radiculopathy (1, 2). Patient position: Supine lying. Examiner position: Standing beside the patient, at the side of the limb to be tested. Procedure: … Continue reading Straight leg raise test 2
Purpose of Straight leg raise test 1 – Basic: To test if the tension along the sciatic nerve, tibial nerve, L4,5,S1 nerve roots (1), conus medullaris (2) and the adjacent dura to the spinal cord (3) contribute to the neurologic symptoms associated with radiculopathy (4). Patient position: Supine lying. Examiner position: Standing beside the patient, at the side of the limb to be tested. Procedure: … Continue reading Straight leg raise test 1 – Basic
If your patients are having low back pain, it might be due to a number of factors, including lumbar facetogenic back pain. Facetogenic pain refers to discomfort that originates in the spine’s zygapophyseal joints. Prevalence: The prevalence of zygapophyseal joint pain has been estimated to be 15% of 76 (Schwarzer et al., 1994b) and 40% of 63 (Schwarzer et al., 1995b) chronic back pain patients. … Continue reading Lumbar Facetogenic pain
