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Article about positive contralateral SLR & disc - April 17, 2005 2:49:00 PM

1AggieUteSPT

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I am looking for an article that shows that a positive contralateral SLR has a 90% correlation for discogenic problems in the low back. Anybody know the citation for this?

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Re: Article about positive contralateral SLR & disc - April 17, 2005 4:50:00 PM

PTupdate.com

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This article:

LOW BACK PAIN ON PASSIVE STRAIGHT LEG RAISING: THE ANTERIOR THECA AS A SOURCE OF PAIN. Spine, Vol. 30, No. 3, February 2005

Has good information, and the source list at the end may provide you with a more focal article.

Best,

John Duffy, PT OCS
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Re: Article about positive contralateral SLR & disc - April 18, 2005 7:22:00 AM

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I'm almost positive the article you are talking about is by Deyo, from 1992, titled something along the lines of "What can the physical examination tell us about back pain?" Ah, I guess I can look it up...

Deyo RA, Rainville J, Kent DL.
What can the history and physical examination tell us about low back pain?
JAMA. 1992 Aug 12;268(6):760-5

There you go. An excellent article all around. If I were teaching in a DPT differential diagnosis class, this article would be at the top in any spine class.

Charlie

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