MSK & orthopaedics · Examination

Back pain with leg pain

Medium

10 min station · 2 min reading · Curtin Year 5

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Instructions

You are a medical student on placement in general practice. Your next patient is Kosta Georgiou, 42, presenting with low back pain and left leg pain.

  1. Perform a lower back and lower limb neurological examination

  2. Outline to the examiner:

    • Your findings
    • Your most likely diagnosis
    • Next steps in management, including relevant investigations
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Investigations

Examination