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The inclusion criteria were unilateral lumbar radiculopathy lasting for more than 12 weeks and one or more positive index tests consistent with nerve root affection.

This condition is typically caused by a very large upper lumbar disk herniation, compressing multiple nerve roots such that one has significant leg and/or foot weakness, numbness in the saddle region, ...

Lumbar Spinal Stenosis: T2-weighted MRI of the Lumbar Spine; (Left) Mid-sagittal view; (Right Top) Axial scan at the mid-L3 level; (Right Bottom) Axial scan at the L3-L4 disk level. Note the central ...

Five weeks after L4 nerve root avulsion with preconditioning crush 1 week prior to avulsion, the expression of 27 kDa heat shock protein is stronger than that in the avulsion-only group.

A doctor may perform a straight leg raise test to determine if the cause of a patient's lower back or leg pain is the result of nerve root irritation or impairment in disc pathology.

H.S. Dear H.S.: “Foot drop” is a simple name for a complex issue. It almost always involves damage to a nerve. The nerves to the muscles that hold up the foot come off the spinal column at L4 ...

In our single-center trial involving patients with sciatica lasting 4 to 12 months caused by lumbar disk herniation at the L4–L5 or L5–S1 level, surgery resulted in less leg pain at 6 months ...