Thoracic/Lumbar Word Scramble
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Special Test | Tests for... | Positive (+) Test |
Babinski | upper motor nerve lesion | great toe extends, others splay (performed on plantar surface) |
Oppenheim | upper motor nerve lesion | great toe extends, others splay (performed on anterior tibia) |
Straight Leg Raise | sciatic nerve irritation/spasm; disc herniation | sciatica - pain at 50-70 degrees; disc herniation - pain at 30 degrees |
Well Straight Leg Raise | larger disc lesion/herniation; sciatica | pain is felt on involved side when univolved leg is raised |
Hoover | malingering | no downward pressure of heel is felt when opposite leg is lifted |
Kernig | nerve root, meningeal/dural irritation | pain disappears with knee FLEX |
Brudzinski | nerve root, miningeal/dural irritation | pain felt in the back or leg with neck FLEX |
Bowstring (Cram) | compression or tension of the sciatic nerve | athelte reports pain with compression in the popliteal fossa |
Slump | nerve root tension | pain is elicited |
Stork Stance | spondylolisthesis; pars fracture | back pain around affected vertebral level |
Valsalva Maneuver | Sciatica or disc herniation | pain in back along the sciatic nerve distribution |
Beevor's Sign | thoracic nerve inhibition (T5-T12) | umbilicus moves up, down or to one side |
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