Slump test

Skills: Back
Quiz: Back

Nerve stretch test

In the Slump test, the patient sits on a bench with legs hanging off. First flex the back, then passive full extension in the knee joint. Record whether radiating pain occurs in the leg.

Slump test, flexed back and passive knee extension

Slump test, back extension as a response to pain

Stankovic R et al. Use of lumbar extension, slump test, physical and neurological examination in the evaluation of patients with suspected herniated nucleus pulposus: a prospective clinical study. Man Ther. 1999;4 (1):25-32

Test characteristics: Sens 83, Spec 55, LR+1.82, LR-0.32

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