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Neuro Lower Extremity

Terms in this set (11)

Minor Sign
1. Knee Flexion of affected leg while supporting upper body weight (hand on back of thigh) on unaffected side
2. Sciatica, lumbosacral or sacroiliac joint lesion
Belt Test
1. low back pain
1. pain while bending with the sacrum stabilized and unstabilized=lumbar involvement
2. pain during sacrum non-stabilizing bending, and no pain during sacrum stabilized bending=pelvic involvement.
Kemp Test
1. pain usually radicular, recreating existing sciatic pain
2. disc protrusion. Medial disc protrusion kemps will be positive as the patient is leaning away from the side of pain. In lateral disc protrusion kemps will be positive as the patient is leaning into the side of pain.
1. Local Pain
2. Localized pain may indicate lumbar spasm or facet capsulitis.
Lindner Sign
1. pain along sciatic distribution or sharp, diffuse leg pain
2. sciatic radiculopathy
Turyn Sign
1. Pain in the gluteal region or radiating sciatic pain
2. Sciatic radiculopathy
Sicard Sign
1. Posterior thigh and leg pain
2. Sciatic radiculopathy usually from disc lesion
Bonnet Sign
1. Pain in the posterior thigh or leg
2. Immediate pain is sciatic neuropathy from piriformis syndrome
Fajersztajn test AKA cross over sign
1. Pain down affected leg (cross over sign)
2. medial disc protrusion
1. Decrease in pain down affected leg
2. lateral disc protrusion
Femoral Stretch Test (femoral nerve traction test)
1. pain on anterior portion of the thigh
2. traction of the femoral nerve indicating involvement of the 2nd, 3rd, and 4th lumbar nerve roots.
Tinel foot sign
1. paresthesia radiating into the foot
2. tarsal tunnel syndrome
morton test
1. sharp pain in the forefoot
2. metatarsalgia or neuroma (usually in the 3rd or 4th metatarsal interspace)
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