Test Overview of Lasègue Sitting Test (Tripod Test)
In the Sitting Lasègue Test, the patient is in sitting position, and is asked to extend each leg one at a time. The test is positive if pain is reported to be elicited in the sciatic trajectory when either leg is extended [Gear2009]Test Indications of Lasègue Sitting Test (Tripod Test)
References regarding Lasègue Sitting Test (Tripod Test)
[Evans2001]  Ronald C. Evans.
Illustrated Orthopedic Assessment.
St. Louis: Mosby (2001).
[Gear2009]  Robert L Gear, Jr.
Personal communication,
(2009). Full text: http://www.comprehensive.ws/AboutTheDoctors.html#Jr
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[FMU] Lecture notes from Functional Medicine University.
[SCNM] Lecture notes from Southwest College of Naturopathic Medicine.
[UT] Lecture notes from the University of Tennessee graduate programs in Chemistry, Microbiology, and Biochemistry.