Drooping of the big toe: another diagnostic marker for L-5 radiculopathy.
Drooping of the big toe is found in a host of neurologic diseases. If found in isolation in a patient who has low back pain, with or without clear sensory deficit, this finding can be a useful, objective aid in localizing the lesion to the L-5 nerve root.
Madden
P J
PJ
Department of Neurology, Albany Medical College 12208, USA.
Lazaro
R P
RP
D004576:Electromyography; D006801:Humans; D017116:Low Back Pain / Q000175:diagnosis*; D013126:Spinal Nerve Roots / Q000503:physiopathology*; D014034:Toes / Q000002:abnormalities*