Nerve stretch test
N. femoralis stretch test = Reverse Lasegue's test = Nerve stretch test L3 is performed with the patient in prone position and a passive flexion in the knee joint is performed, note if pain radiation is triggered in the thigh (L3 dermatome) or all the way down to the lower leg (L4 dermatome).
Reverse Lasegue's test N. femoralis stretch test
Passive flexion knee plus extension hip, registers pain radiation to the front of the thigh (L3)
Other special tests for the back
- Thoracic intervertebral disc flexion
- Schober test
- Slump test
- Lasegue test
- Skin reflex
- Key examinations in radiculopathy L2-S2
- Nerve root involvement L2
- Nerve root involvement L3
- Nerve root involvement L4
- Nerve root involvement L5
- Nerve root involvement S1
- nerve root involvement S2
- Cauda equina syndrome