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Volume 88, Issue 7 , Pages 840-843 , July 2007

The Sensitivity of the Seated Straight-Leg Raise Test Compared With the Supine Straight-Leg Raise Test in Patients Presenting With Magnetic Resonance Imaging Evidence of Lumbar Nerve Root Compression

Alon Rabin, DPT, MS
- University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine and the School for Rehabilitative Sciences and Technology, Pittsburgh, PA
Peter C. Gerszten, MD, MPH
- Department of Neurological Surgery and Orthopaedic Surgery, Pittsburgh, PA
Pat Karausky, RN, BSN
- Department of Neurological Surgery and Orthopaedic Surgery, Pittsburgh, PA
- Reprint requests to Pat Karausky RN, BSN, CCRC, Dept of Neurological Surgery, UPMC-Health System, Presbyterian University Hospital, Ste B-400, 200 Lothrop St, Pittsburgh, PA 15213
Clareann H. Bunker, PhD
- Graduate School of Public Health, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA.
Douglas M. Potter, PhD
- Biostatistics Facility, University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute, Pittsburgh, PA
William C. Welch, MD
- Department of Neurological Surgery and Orthopaedic Surgery, Pittsburgh, PA

(A, B) The supine SLR test.

(A, B) The supine SLR test.
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(A, B) The seated SLR test.

(A, B) The seated SLR test.
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Flow diagram showing the sensitivity of the seated SLR test versus the supine SLR test.

Flow diagram showing the sensitivity of the seated SLR test versus the supine SLR test.
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PII: S0003-9993(07)00304-8

doi: 10.1016/j.apmr.2007.04.016

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