TABLE 2.
Lumbar Spine Tests That Provoked the Patient’s Symptoms (n = 101)*
Variable | Value |
---|---|
Pain with lumbar flexion | 43 (43) |
Pain with lumbar extension | 60 (59) |
Pain with lumbar sidebending: right | 32 (32) |
Pain with lumbar sidebending: left | 35 (35) |
Femoral nerve test | |
No | 85 (84) |
Yes: bilateral | 5 (5) |
Yes: left | 2 (2) |
Yes: right | 6 (6) |
Unable to perform† | 3 (3) |
Slump-sit test | |
Peroneal bias: no | 59 (58) |
Yes: bilateral | 6 (6) |
Yes: left | 18 (18) |
Yes: right | 16 (16) |
Unable to perform† | 2 (2) |
Slump-sit tibial bias‡ | |
No | 48 (48) |
Yes: bilateral | 17 (17) |
Yes: left | 15 (15) |
Yes: right | 18 (18) |
Unable to perform† | 2 (2) |
Values are n (%).
Indicates that the test was not fully completed because the patient reported severe pain when the test was initiated.
Data missing for 1 patient.