Background Clinical examination of patients with chronic lumbar radiculopathy aims to clarify whether there is nerve root impingement. The aims of this study were to investigate the association ...

Knowing a patient's symptoms helps radiologists in lumbar spine MRI interpretation and diagnosis, according to a study published today in Radiology, a journal of the Radiological Society of North ...

On examination, there was a painful right straight leg raise ... The pain was again located on the right side (paravertebral) and on palpation of the vertebra in the proximal lumbar spine.