Category: Clinical Tests

Clinical Tests | A list of clinical tests that detects/confirms a physical or mental feature which is regarded as an indication of a disease.

Diagnostic Accuracy, Diagnostic Agreement, Diagnostic Efficiency, Diagnostic Skills, Home, Lower Back Pain, Lumbar, Predictive Values, Research Summaries

The Painful Sacroiliac Joint

A classification method based on symptom behaviour sub-grouping improves treatment outcomes, according to recent research (Fritz and George, 2000; Long et al., 2004). The association between the sacroiliac joint (SIJ) and low back pain has been a source of contention, with some researchers seeing SIJ pain as a key contribution to the problem and others dismissing it as inconsequential or irrelevant. The clinical reasoning technique … Continue reading The Painful Sacroiliac Joint

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Back, Clinical Tests, Hip, Knee, Legs, Lower Back Pain, Lumbar

Prone Knee Bend Test 1

Prone Knee Bend Test 1 – Femoral Nerve, L1-4 Nerve Root Bias Purpose of Prone Knee Bend Test 1: To determine if the tension along the femoral nerve and L1-4 nerve roots contribute to the neurologic symptoms associated with radiculopathy (1, 2). Patient position: Prone lying. Examiner position: Standing beside the patient, at the side of the limb to be tested. Procedure: Perform the limb/joint … Continue reading Prone Knee Bend Test 1

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Back, Cervical, Clinical Tests, Hip, Knee, Legs, Lower Back Pain, Lumbar, Neck Pain

Slump (long sitting) Test 4

Slump (long sitting) Test 4 – Spinal Cord, Sciatic Nerve, Cervical, and Lumbar Nerve Root Bias Purpose of Slump (long sitting) Test 4: To determine if the tension along the spinal cord, sciatic nerve, and cervical and lumbar nerve roots contribute to the neurologic symptoms associated with radiculopathy. Patient position: Long sitting on the examination table (as upright as tolerated) with hands behind the back. … Continue reading Slump (long sitting) Test 4

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Cervical, Home, Neck Pain, Research Summaries

The issue with neck pain: prevelance and natural history

The history of neck pain is explained in this blog. The distribution, natural history, and clinical course of a disease are all factors that contemporary clinical epidemiology considers. We present a quick summary of these dimensions in relation to neck pain. Let’s discuss prevalence: Compared to lumbar back pain, the epidemiology of neck pain in the adult population has received less attention, although there is … Continue reading The issue with neck pain: prevelance and natural history

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Slump (side-lying knee bend) Test 3

Slump (side-lying knee bend) Test 3 – Femoral Nerve Bias Purpose of  Slump (side-lying knee bend) Test 3 – Femoral Nerve Bias: To determine if the tension along the femoral nerve contributes to the neurologic symptoms associated with radiculopathy. Patient position: Side-lying (as upright as tolerated) with both hands clasping the flexed knee of the bottom leg – the one that rests on the examination … Continue reading Slump (side-lying knee bend) Test 3

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