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Below you'll find a list of all posts that have been tagged as “straight leg raise”

How do we assess (diagnose) a client with sciatica?

Successful assessment/diagnosis of sciatica depends upon successfully assessing the underlying cause of the sciatic nerve compression.

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Passive Straight Leg Raise for a Low Back Sprain

Straight Leg Raise and Manual Resistance Tests for Strains and Sprains

Active SLR test assesses both sprains and strains. Passive SLR test assesses only sprains… however, this is a bit of an oversimplification.

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Passive Straight Leg Raise Orthopedic Assessment Test

Straight Leg Raise Tests for a Space-Occupying Lesion

Both active straight leg raise and passive straight leg raise tests are designed to tension the sciatic nerve to assess a space-occupying lesion.

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Yeoman's Special Orthopedic Assessment Test

Overview of Orthopedic Assessment Tests for the Low Back and Pelvis

Orthopedic assessment testing works by what could be called “stress and assess”. The test adds a physical stress and we assess the client’s response.

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Manual Resistance

Range of Motion Assessment (& Manual Resistance) – Low Back & Pelvis

This blog post article is part of a series of articles on assessment of the low back and pelvis. Scroll to the end of this article to see the others in this series. Range of Motion Range of motion (ROM) …

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Active straight leg raise assessment for a pathologic disc

How do we assess a pathologic disc?

For a pathologic disc of the lumbar spine, the principle assessment test is straight leg raise (SLR). This can be performed actively or passively.

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Straight leg raise orthopedic assessment test can be used to assess low back muscle spasming

Signs, symptoms, and assessment of spasmed muscles in the low back

The assessment/diagnosis for low back muscle spasming begins with the verbal history and ROM and orthopedic assessment, and is confirmed with palpation.

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straight leg raise orthopedic assessment test for a client with low back sprain / strain

Signs, symptoms, and assessment of low back strains and sprains

A low back sprain and strain present a similar clinical picture. The client/patient will have low back spasming and pain, which will increase with motion.

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