Lumbar Spine Disorders
A 42-year-old office worker presents with 6 weeks of severe right leg pain radiating from the buttock down the posterior thigh and lateral calf to the lateral foot. Examination reveals weakness of ankle plantarflexion (MRC 4/5), absent Achilles reflex, and reduced sensation over the lateral foot. SLR is positive at 30 degrees. Regarding the clinical assessment of lumbar radiculopathy:
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This clinical presentation is consistent with S1 radiculopathy; the S1 dermatomal pattern involves t...
L5 radiculopathy typically presents with weakness of ankle dorsiflexion (tibialis anterior) and grea...
L4 radiculopathy causes weakness of ankle plantarflexion and loss of the Achilles reflex; the dermat...
L4 radiculopathy causes weakness of knee extension (quadriceps) and ankle dorsiflexion (tibialis ant...
The straight leg raise (Lasègue's test) is positive when radicular pain is reproduced at 30-70 degre...
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