A 60-Year-Old Construction Worker Presents to Your Office with a One-Week

A 60-year-old construction worker presents to your office with a one-week history of back pain. The pain is brief, severe, and radiates along the posterior surface of the right thigh. It is provoked by bending forward and straining, and abates on lying down. His past medical history is insignificant. He has tried several over-the-counter pain relievers without success. Which of the following is most likely to be present in this patient?

A) Night pain
B) Morning stiffness
C) Straight-leg raising test positive at 60 degree angle
D) Trigger points
E) Neurogenic claudication

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