STUDY DESIGN A systematic review of the literature including statistical meta-analysis. OBJECTIVES To evaluate published methods of the test of Lasègue or straight leg raising test and the cross straight leg raising test by using a recently developed criteria list and to summarize and explore reasons for variation in diagnostic accuracy. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA Little evidence exists on ...

conclusions results show that trigger point injection therapy in patients suffering from chronic lumbosacral radiculopathy with trigger points can significantly improve their recovery, and conservative therapy may not be adequate. results out of 98 patients, 64 had trigger points. thirty-two patients were assigned to each group. pain scores (mean ± sd) in tp group was 7.12 ± 1.13 and in n group...

Background: Large maximum hip flexion and extension range of motion is considered effective in preventing injury pole vaulters. Nonetheless, whether the improvement changes their joint angle during vaulting remains unclear. Objectives: The present study aimed to clarify acute effects intervention for vaulters on vaulting. Methods: Seventeen male who underwent same were included. vault from touc...

Background. Hamstring injuries continue to affect active individuals and although inadequate muscle extensibility remains a commonly accepted factor, little is known about the most effective method to improve flexibility. Purpose. To determine if an isolated neurodynamic sciatic sliding technique would improve hamstring flexibility to a greater degree than stretching or a placebo intervention i...

background: ninety percent of all people sometimes during their lives experience low back pain, and 30-40% develops radicular leg pain with the sciatica characteristics. although for clinical diagnosis of lumbar disc herniation (ldh) straight leg raising (slr) test in 85-90% of cases indicates ldh, but in our practice with ldh patients this test is frequently negative despite radicular leg pain...

Objective: To compare average electromyogram (EMG) activity of the vastus medialis obliquus (VMO) and vastus lateralis (VL) during straight-leg raise (SLR) and knee extension (KE) with the hip in neutral and lateral rotation. Design: 1  4 factorial repeated-measures. Setting: Laboratory. Participants: 13 male college students. Intervention: SLR with hip flexed at 40°, in neutral position, and ...

Passively raising the straight leg is a clinical test widely used in orthopaedic practice for the assessment of lower lumbar disc protrusion. Forst first described the manoeuvre in 1881 after his attention had been drawn to it by Las#{232}gue(Sjoqvist 1947, Rang 1966, Brody and Wilkins 1969). Fajersztajn (1901) added the foot dorsiflexion test and neck flexion test, which are performed with the...