- bowstring sign
- after a straight-leg raising test is performed, the knee is flexed to reduce radicular pain; return of the pain when pressure is applied to the popliteal fossa is a positive sign of lumbar radiculopathy.
Medical dictionary. 2011.
bowstring sign
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