Bragard sign

The Bragard sign is a neurological sign that describes nerve stretching pain. The associated test was first described by the Serbian doctor Laza Lazarević ( 1884 ) and the German orthopedic surgeon Karl Bragard (1890–1973).

execution

The nerve stretching test is carried out similar to the Lasègue test : the patient lies flat on his back. The stretched leg is passively bent in the hip joint by up to 70 °. In addition, the ankle is passively dorsiflexed (metatarsus and toes raised towards the head). If the sign is positive, this intensifies the pain that extends to the buttocks in the examined leg. The segments L4-S1 are stimulated.

In the case of a herniated disc , this test is often positive, in which case there may be a lesion (injury) to the nerve root.

source

• Uwe Streeck, Jürgen Focke, Lothar D. Klimpel, Dietmar-Walter Noack, Dietmar Noack: Manual therapy and complex rehabilitation. P. 302 ISBN 3540212140

See also

Brudzinski characters , Kernig characters , Mennell characters , Lasègue characters

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