Execution:
- Patient is in prone lying position
- The examiner passively raises the patient’s legs at the ankles to about 30cm distance from the treatment table, while applying a gentle pull
Positive Outcome: Patient experiences severe low back pain, has a feeling of heaviness in the lower back or a feeling that the lower back is about to come off
|
Study |
Reliability | Sn | Sp | LR+ |
LR- |
| Inter-rater к= 0.69 | 84.2 | 90.4 | 8.84 | 0.17 | |
| NA | 43 | 86 | 3.07 |
0.66 |
|
| Rabin et al. (2013) | Inter-rater к= 0.76 | NA | NA | NA |
NA |
| Comment: The reader should be aware that radiographic instability does not always correlate with ‘clinical instability’. However, the test shows good diagnostic values. | |||||
