The Most Sensitive Test for Lumbar Arachnoditis

Lombar arachnoditis will not give rise to ridiculopathy. Far lateral discarnations, that make up five to ten % of cases, affect the exiting nerve root. For example, an l, five s one power. Central discarnation will cause s one symptoms. The correct answer is four l, four l, five, far lateral, or foraminal discarnation. A 36 year old male presents with acute onset of right buttock and leg pain following lifting a heavy object. On physical exam, he has weakness to knee extension, numbness over the medial maleolis and a decreased patella reflex. Which of the following would likely explain this