Journal of Osteopathic Medicine, 2001/04, 4(1):32, type of study: ,irs,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

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Keywords:

ankle [44]
dorsiflexion [6]
observational study [246]
range of motion [116]
abstract [186]

Abstract:

The effect of dorsiflexion on range of passive straight leg raising (SLR) and on inter-rater reliability with 35 patients reporting unilateral lumbar pain with or without ipsilateral leg symptoms was investigated. Ranges of SLR and SLR with dorsiflexion (SLRfDF) to onset of lumbar or leg symptoms (P1) were independently measured using a gravity goniometer by pairs of different physiotherapists at two clinics. Dorsiflexion significantly reduced SLR range by a mean of 9 degrees across both samples. Similar high interrater reliability was found for SLR and SLR/DF in both pairs of physiotherapists. These data show that SLR and SLR/DF are reliable procedures when measured to P1 in the clinical environment and support previous findings that dorsiflexion reduces range of SLR.