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Seated Straight Leg Raise Test

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Other Names

Seated Straight Leg Raise Test[1]
  • Seated Straight Leg Raise Test
  • Seated SLRT
  • Sitting Straight Leg Raise Test

Purpose

  • To help evaluate the cause of the patients back pain

Description

  • The patient is seated
  • Knees bent to 90°, hanging off the side of the examination table
  • Examiner slowly extends knee to 180°
  • Positive test
    • Reproduction of the patients pain at or approaching full extension

Pathology

Evidence

  • Unknown

See Also

References

  1. ↑ Rabin, Alon, et al. "The sensitivity of the seated straight-leg raise test compared with the supine straight-leg raise test in patients presenting with magnetic resonance imaging evidence of lumbar nerve root compression." Archives of physical medicine and rehabilitation 88.7 (2007): 840-843.
Created by:
John Kiel on 10 July 2025 15:12:44
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10 July 2025 15:20:16
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