METHODS AND MEASURES: One rater pair administered 4 clinical hip tests to 22 patients with knee OA (mean age, 61.2 years; SD, 6.1 years) and 17 subjects without lower extremity symptoms or known pathology (mean age, 64.0 years; SD, 7.9 years).
Patients with low back pain with or without lower extremity symptoms, referred to a private radiology practice in New Orleans, USA specializing in the diagnosis of spinal pain, were invited to participate in the study.
One study found an average of 12° less mobility on the symptomatic side in people with low back pain with or without lower extremity pain with a positive SLR test [ 4].
Patients were included in the study if they 1) had LBP (defined as pain between the thoracolumbar junction and the buttocks, with or without lower extremity pain; 2) were age 18 years or older; 3) provided informed consent; 4) were able to communicate well in English; 5) had a Bournemouth Disability Questionnaire (BDQ) score of 15 or higher.
CLI, with or without lower-extremity amputation, is reportedly an independent predictor of cardiac mortality in diabetic patients, with the excess mortality also related to a high prevalence of severe CAD (7– 18).
For example, there is a possibility that some forms of polydactyly, such as PPD4 with incomplete expression in lower extremities or without syndactyly, could have been misclassified as PPD1.
Furthermore, patients with VTE were significantly more likely to have comorbid diseases (including hypertension, heart failure, ischemic heart disease, renal insufficiency, liver disease, rheumatologic diseases, arterial embolism, obesity, and varicose veins of lower extremities) than patients without VTE.
In arthritic patients without anemia, other than hypertension, the most common associated diagnoses were pure hypercholesterolemia (3.0%), obesity (2.5%), type 2 diabetes (without complication; 2.1%), and varicose veins of the lower extremities (without ulcer or inflammation; 1.5%).
She could move her bilateral lower extremities without difficulty when leaving the operating room.
The patient promptly regained consciousness and could move her bilateral lower extremities without difficulty upon leaving the operating room.
Stripping of the long great saphenous vein is commonly performed to treat varicose veins in the lower extremities, without any long-term morbidities [13].
