Slump test - Dural adhesion test

Test for the presence of neurological irritation of the lumbar meninges or nerve roots.
Positive if the patient reports an increase of radicular pain or symptoms in the spine and lower extremities. Symptoms often described as shooting or electrical-like sensations or the referral of symptoms deep into the ipsilateral gluteals and /or into the leg.
Often performed with Straight Leg Raise Test.
May be positive in multiple sclerosis, myelopathies or other pathologies affecting the meninges.
It often indicates nerve root irritation, tethering, disc herniation, radiculopathy or meningeal irritation.
To find out more about our work and the full range of our publications please visit our website: www.clinicalexams.co.uk/
The complete videos can be streamed or downloaded from our Vimeo site: vimeo.com/user21235595/vod_pages
Excerpts and free video clips can be found on our RUclips channel: / @clinicalexaminationvi...
Bloomsbury Educational Limited
97 Judd Street, London, WC1H 9JB
www.clinicalexams.co.uk/
Please subscribe to our channel to benefit from new additions.
DISCLAIMER
Bloomsbury Educational will not be held responsible or liable for any kind of loss or injury incurred as a result of the information conveyed in our videos. All procedures must be practiced in a supervised professional clinical setting. Andreas Syrimis, Bloomsbury Educational Limited.