THE ACTIVE STRAIGHT LEG RAISE TEST FOR PELVIC GIRDLE PAIN Patients with pelvic-girdle pain often report difficulties to transfer load between the lower limb and the trunk. The active straight leg raise test, abbreviated as ASLR is thought to test this ability. Mens et al. in the year 2001 have evaluated the test regarding its test-retest reliability and validity to discriminate healthy subjects from patients with posterior pelvic pain since pregnancy. They found a test-retest reliability after 1

RADICULAR PAIN: THE STRAIGHT LEG RAISE TEST The Straight Leg Raise Test (SLR) is the most common test used in the diagnosis of radicular pain. According to a review by van der Windt et al. (2010) it has a pooled sensitivity of 92% and a specificity of 28%. You can find the link to this study right here: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20166095 The test stresses the nerve roots of L4-S2 and is considered positive if shooting pain is elicited up until 60-70° of hip flexion.This test is based o

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