Knee flexion test and sciatica.
Knee flexion of the leg when a patient with sciatica bends to reach the floor is objective evidence of lumbar spinal nerve root compression. Contralateral sciatic scoliotic list usually accompanies the finding, which should be known as a positive knee flexion test for sciatic spinal nerve root compression.
D006801:Humans; D007719:Knee Joint / Q000503:physiopathology; D012585:Sciatica / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000503:physiopathology