JCR Journal of Clinical Rheumatology· 2008Q2
The Sensitivity and Specificity of the Slump and the Straight Leg Raising Tests in Patients With Lumbar Disc Herniation
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The Slump test (0.84 sensitivity) is more sensitive than the Straight Leg Raising (SLR) test (0.52 sensitivity) for detecting lumbar disc herniations, while SLR (0.89 specificity) is slightly more specific than the Slump test (0.83 specificity).
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