title: Cross leg pain and trunk list.
abstract: The prognostic significance of gravity-induced trunk list and cross leg pain was investigated in 113 patients who had root tension signs from a lumbar disc lesion. Cross leg pain, (a positive contralateral straight leg raising sign) and list was associated with poor prognosis for conservative management. There was a high incidence of disc sequestration and extrusion in the operated patients with cross leg pain. It was concluded that cross leg pain is probably a contraindication to chymopapain injections, and the surgeon should be aware of the possibility of a migrated disc fragment during operation on patients with cross leg pain.
authors.affiliation: Doncaster Royal Infirmary, South Yorkshire, England.
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Khuffash
authors.forename: R W
authors.initials: RW
authors.lastname: Porter
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007403:Intervertebral Disc; D007405:Intervertebral Disc Displacement / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy; D007866:Leg / Q000503:physiopathology*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010146:Pain; D011187:Posture; D013122:Spinal Diseases / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy; D013909:Thorax / Q000503:physiopathology*