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Uploaded by on Jun 9, 2009

Clinical Test for Neural Tension

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  • how about this:

    first the patient raises their leg and flexes the knee ( 90 degree flexion of knee- ).. then when the physician make the knee in full extension, if patient feel headache and a involuntary flexion of the other leg happen.. then the test is positive.

    first time i heard about your method.

  • This is not actually our method. This is taken straight from the following sources:

    Warternburg, J Pediatr, 1950

    Brody, Arch Neurol, 1969

    Verghese, Rev Infect Dis, 1987

    Thomas, Clin Infect Dis, 2002

  • show us what happen if the test is positive

  • 1. The patient raises their leg (knee in full extension) actively by flexing the hip until pain is felt. (the entire test is actively done by the patient).

    2. The patient then flexes the knee and if the pain disappears, then it is considered a positive test (sign for meningeal irritation, nerve root involvement, or dural irritation).

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  • Thanks for info

  • isnt't is very similar to lasegue test?

  • Thank you for giving sources. have a nice day.

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