Induced lumbosacral radicular symptom referral patterns: A descriptive study

Lumbosacral radicular symptoms are commonly evaluated in clinical practice. Level specific diagnosis is crucial for management. Clinical decisions are often made by correlating a patient's symptom distribution and imaging with sensory dermatomal maps. It is not uncommon for patients to describe non-dermatomal symptom patterns or for imaging to demonstrate pathology at levels not predicted by a dermatomal map. These observations suggest that the referred symptom distribution from lumbosacral nerve root provocation is different from dermatomal maps.

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