CERVICAL RADICULAR SYNDROME: THE SPURLING'S TEST So no red flags detected in the cervical area? Good, then it's time to make sense to figure out if our patient with neurological sign & symptoms in the arm and/or fingers is suffering from Cervical Radicular Syndrome. The Spurling's Test has been found to be the most specific clinical test in the diagnosis of cervical radiculopathy (CR) with values indicating a low-high sensitivity (50-100%) and a high specificity (92-100%) according to a systemat

SPURLING'S TEST FOR RADICULAR SYNDROME A second highly specific test for radicular pain originating from the cervical spine is the Spurling's Test. The latest systematic review by Thoomes et al. (2018) report a sensitivity ranging from 38-97% and a high specificity ranging from 89-100%. But what is the best way to conduct the Spurling Test? Originally, the test was described with lateral bending and axial compression, but several modifications have been proposed. Anekstein et al. (2011) examined