Understanding how animals control locomotion in different behaviors requires understanding both the kinematics of leg movements and the neural activity underlying these movements. Stick insect leg kinematics differ in forward and backward walking. Describing leg muscle activity in these behaviors is a first step toward understanding the neuronal basis for these differences. We report here the p...

Abstract Background The straight leg raise (SLR) is the most commonly applied physical tests on patients with sciatica, but sensitivity and specificity ratings for disc hernia neural compression leave areas improvement. Hip internal rotation tensions lumbosacral nerve roots ankle dorsiflexion sciatic along its course. We added these movements to SLR (extended = ESLR) as structural differentiato...

Sciatic nerve schwannoma is a rare disease, often misdiagnosed as sciatica in patients with no prolapsed disc the lumbar spine and negative straight leg raise test. MRI followed by biopsy investigation of choice. We present case 45-year-old male 2-year-old history right lower limb radiculopathy 2 months old ACL tear. revealed sciatic mass which was confirmed to be on FNAC. reconstruction done e...

non-somatic causes of pain may aggravate painful complaints and complicate the conservative management of diseases such as lumbo-sacral disk root disease. the two-point discrimination test has been used for assessment of diseases, which change patients' skin sensation. this study aims to find out how applicable is two-point discrimination test in the conservative treatment of lumbo-sacral disk ...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate patient characteristics, symptoms, and examination findings in the clinical diagnosis of lumbosacral nerve root compression causing sciatica. METHODS The study involved 274 patients with pain radiating into the leg. All had a standardised clinical assessment and magnetic resonance (MR) imaging. The associations between patient characteristics, clinical findings, and lumb...

BACKGROUND Several clinical tests have been proposed on low back pain (LBP), but their usefulness in detecting lumbar instability is not yet clear. The objective of this literature review was to investigate the clinical validity of the main clinical tests used for the diagnosis of lumbar instability in individuals with LBP and to verify their applicability in everyday clinical practice. METHO...

The aim of the study was to analyse the effect of mulligan bent leg raise technique on hamstring trigger point. 40 subjects who were diagnosed by hamstring trigger point randomly recruited in the study All subjects received Mulligan bent leg raise technique (BLR), To determine the effect of intervention the patient were assessed on the measures of Active knee extension test (AKE) and visual ana...

Symptoms—Discuss the likely causes. Show him a diagram or model of the lumbar spine indicating the vertebrae, discs, and nerve roots. Explain that his leg pain is due to irritation of the nerve roots and that effective treatment should alleviate both his back pain and his leg pain. History—When taking a history, be alert to: x Any recent trauma, which may raise the possibility of a fracture x “...

METHODS: Gross anatomical studies of 20 embalmed cadavers that examined origins, insertions and significant attachments of the ITB were performed. The strain generated in the ITB by three typical stretching manoeuvres (Obers test: OBER, Hip flexion, adduction and external loading: HIP, Straight leg raise: SLR) was measured in 5 unembalmed cadavers using foil-type strain gauges. An ultrasound as...