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CLAUDICATION OF THE CAUDA EQUINA
Author(s) -
Macleish D. G.
Publication year - 1977
Publication title -
australian and new zealand journal of surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.111
H-Index - 51
eISSN - 1445-2197
pISSN - 0004-8682
DOI - 10.1111/j.1445-2197.1977.tb03936.x
Subject(s) - medicine , sciatica , cauda equina , claudication , intermittent claudication , back pain , cauda equina syndrome , low back pain , physical therapy , surgery , alternative medicine , pathology , psychiatry , spinal cord , vascular disease , arterial disease
The term “claudication of the cauda equina” is examined. It has arisen from semantic errors, and a belief in ischæmia for which there is no scientific evidence. Its use tends to hamper rather than assist the investigation of patients with obscure pain in the lower limb. A preferable alternative term, “atypical sciatica”, is suggested.