Femoral Stretch Test

Femoral Stretch Test

The femoral stretch test, or reverse straight leg raising, consists of extension of the hip with the knee straight with the patient lying prone, a maneuver which puts traction on the femoral nerve or L3 root and may exacerbate pain in a femoral neuropathy or L3 radiculopathy, perhaps due to a retroperitoneal hemorrhage.

 

Cross References

Lasègue’s sign