The clinical aspects of the acute facet syndrome: results from a structured discussion among European chiropractors

Table 4 Overview of findings from the literature combined with the findings from the workshop described in the present study.

Location of pain in patients with lumbar facet syndrome
Study	local	paraspinal	thigh/groin	calf/foot
Fairbank 1981	-	-	pos.	neg.
Lippitt 1984	pos.	pos.	pos.	-
Lewinneck 1986	-	pos.	-	-
Helbig 1988	-	pos.	pos.	neg.
Results from present study	pos.	-	pos.	neg.
Painful movements in patients with lumbar facet syndrome
Study	flexion	extension/hyper-extension	rotation	rising from flexion	rising from sitting
Fairbank 1981	pos.	-	-	-	-
Lippitt 1984	-	pos.	-	-	-
Helbig 1986	-	pos.	pos.	-	-
Revel 1992	neg.	neg.	neg.	neg.	-
Markwalder 1994	neg.	pos.	-	-	-
Schwarzer 1995	no	no	no	-	-
Revel 1998	neg.	neg.	neg.	neg.	-
Manchikanti 2000	no	no	no	-	-
Young 2003	-	-	-	-	pos.
Laslett 2004	-	-	-	neg.	-
Laslett 2006	-	pos.	pos.	-	-
Results from present study	-	pos.	pos.	-	-
Signs of nerve root compression in patients with lumbar facet syndrome
Study	'No sign of nerve root compression/tension'	No aggravation with straight leg raising	No pain coughing
Lippitt 1984	pos.	-	-
Lewinneck 1986	pos.	-	-
Helbig 1988	neg.	-	-
Jackson1988	pos.	-	-
Schwarzer 1995	-	no	-
Revel 1992	-	-	pos.
Revel 1998	-	-	pos.
Manchikanti 1999	-	pos.	-
Manchikanti 2000	-	pos.	-
Manchikanti 2000	-	pos.	no
Laslett 2004	-	-	pos.
Results from present study	pos.	-	-
Pain relieving positions in patients with lumbar facet syndrome
Study	Sitting	Supine/recumbent	Walking
Revel 1992	-	pos.	-
Revel 1998	-	pos.	-
Manchikanti 2000	-	pos.	-
Laslett 2006	pos.	-	pos.
Results from present study	-	pos.	pos.

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