- Lasиgue sign test
- La·sиgue sign, test (lah-segґ) [Ernest Charles Lasиgue, French physician, 1816–1883] see under sign, and see straight leg–raising test, under test.
Medical dictionary. 2011.
Lasиgue sign test
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Lasиgue sign — 1. in sciatica, flexion of the hip is painful when the knee is extended, but painless when the knee is flexed. This distinguishes the disorder from disease of the hip joint. Cf. Demianoff s. 2. dorsiflexion of the foot during the straight leg… … Medical dictionary
straight leg–raising test — (for lumbar radiculopathy) with the patient lying supine, the symptomatic leg is lifted with the knee fully extended; pain in the lower extremity between 30 and 90 degrees of elevation indicates lumbar radiculopathy, with the distribution of the… … Medical dictionary
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