Straight leg raise test (SLR) + crossed SLR. How to test sciatica?

There are few tests in diagnosis of sciatica. All of the tests rely on pain reproduction caused by stretching the sciatic nerve. Learn about most commonly used: Straight Leg Raise Test (SLR) and Crossed SLR.

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Articles worth reading:
Straight Leg Raise Test (Gaston O. Camino Willhuber; Nicolas S. Piuzzi)
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NB...
Lasègue’s Sign (Surendra Umesh Kamath1 and Shaila Surendra Kamath2)
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/arti...
The sensitivity and specificity of the Slump and the Straight Leg Raising tests in patients with lumbar disc herniation (Javid Majlesi 1, Halit Togay, Halil Unalan, Sadk Toprak)
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/18391...

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