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Straight leg raise

Examination manoeuvre involving elevation of the straight leg to assess reproduction of symptoms compatible with...

Stress relaxation is a gradual reduction in mechanical stress while deformation is maintained. It is...

Reflex contraction of a muscle in response to stretching, involving muscle spindles and their spinal...

Space between the arachnoid and pia containing cerebrospinal fluid around the spinal cord and nerve...

Scoring system for subaxial cervical trauma integrating morphology, the disc-ligamentous complex and neurological status.Lire cette...

Small group of deep muscles linking the occiput, atlas and axis, contributing to fine head...

The supraspinous ligament is a longitudinal fibrous structure connecting the tips of spinous processes, particularly...

Surgery intended to relieve neural compression by removing or modifying the tissues causing it.Lire cette...

Transfer of information from a nerve cell to another cell at a synapse through chemical...

Fluid-containing formation arising from a joint that may compress neural structures when located in the...