Open AccessLasègue’s Sign
Author(s) -
Surendra U. Kamath,
Shaila S Kamath
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
journal of clinical and diagnostic research
Language(s) - Uncategorized
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2249-782X
pISSN - 0973-709X
DOI - 10.7860/jcdr/2017/24899.9794
Subject(s) - sign (mathematics) , physical examination , sign test , medicine , irritation , test (biology) , physical therapy , psychology , surgery , mathematics , biology , mathematical analysis , paleontology , wilcoxon signed rank test , immunology , mann–whitney u test
Lasègue's sign is an interesting and important clinical sign in medicine for the last 150 years. The Lasègue test is commonly used in the physical examination of patients with low back pain. It is a test for lower lumbosacral nerve root irritation for example, due to disc prolapse. It is evident that the method of performance of this diagnostic sign varies with the physician. This article reviews the historical background and method of eliciting the sign.