Name
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Purpose1,2
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Description1,2,3
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Sensitivity, Specificity
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Reliability
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Likelihood Ratio +/-
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Spurling’s Test
aka Foraminal Compression Test
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A positive test of pain radiating into the upper extremity towards the same side that the head is laterally flexed would indicate pressure on the nerve root.
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The patient should be seated with their neck side bent/rotated towards the ipsilateral side. The examiner should then carefully provide a compression force straight through the head to determine if symptoms are provoked. Repeat on the opposite side. This test could be performed with 3 different steps involving the head in neutral, extension, or extension with rotation
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Sensitivity=
.304-.935
Specificity=
.746-.955
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Inter-examiner
K=
.287-.778
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LR+ =
1.96-18.65
LR- =
.075-.754
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