Table 1.

Specific tests for sciatica

Name of test	Date first described	Description	Attributed to
Freiberg	1934	Passive internal rotation of the hip in extension reproduces pain	Freiberg and Vinke [42]
Pace	1976	The clinician provides resistance to hip abduction by holding the sitting patient’s knee; reproduces pain	Pace and Nagle [79]
Tonic external rotation of hip	1981	Visible sign in patient at rest	Solheim [99]
FAIR = flexion, abduction and internal rotation of the hip	1981	Maintaining the hip in flexion abduction and internal rotation reproduces pain	Solheim [99]
Beatty	1994	The patient holds the flexed hip in abduction against gravity whilst lying on the unaffected side; reproduces pain	Beatty [4]