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frontal
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11/24/05 - 12:13 AM

In a 40-year-old patient with a prolapsed intervertebral disc affecting S1 root, which of the following (maybe more that one) signs and symptoms are classically found:

a. Limited straight leg raising in the affected leg

b. Absent knee jerk

c. Absent ankle jerk

d. Weakness of extensor hallucis longus

e. Weakness of plantar flexion of the ankle

ibraheem
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11/24/05 - 12:35 AM

The answers are a.,c. and d.

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11/24/05 - 06:52 AM

Ans. : a, c and e. Good try ibraheem. smiling face

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11/24/05 - 06:35 PM

ýes, that´s correct. C, E, A. nod

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11/24/05 - 09:42 PM

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