Sciatica
The origin of
sciatica includes the following:
1.
Prolapsed intervertebral disc pressure,
infection, and traumatic sciatic neuritis, perineural fibrositis, infections
and tumors of the spinal cord.
2.
Lumbosacral and sacroiliac sprain and strain,
degenerating intervertebral discs, fibrositis, osteomyelitis, hip joint
disease, and secondary carcinomatous deposits in bone.
3.
Nephrolithiasis, prostatic, renal, and anal
disease.
4.
Toxic and metabolic disorders, conversion hysteria,
and arterial insufficiency.
Procedure:
1.
When the patient is in the supine position with
both lower limbs resting straight out on the table, dorsiflexion of the great
tor elicits pain in the gluteal region.
2.
The sign is significant for sciatic radiculopathy.
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