Practice Question
A client presents at a clinic reporting back pain that goes all the way down the back of the leg to the foot. The nurse should document the presence of what type of pain?
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Correct Answer:
Radiculopathy
Rationale:
🟦 Radiculopathy develops from nerve root compression, typically due to disc herniation or spinal stenosis.
🟦 This condition causes radiating pain from the back down the leg, sometimes reaching the foot.
🟦 Clients often describe sharp, burning, or electric-like pain along the affected nerve pathway.
🟦 Nerve-related pain is distinct from localized joint or tendon inflammation.
🟦 Because the pain radiates in a dermatomal pattern, radiculopathy is the correct identification.
❌ Incorrect Answers
Tendonitis
❌ Causes localized tenderness, not radiating nerve pain.
Sciatica
❌ A specific type of radiculopathy, but the broader diagnosis is radiculopathy.
❌ Sciatica refers only to the sciatic nerve.
Bursitis
❌ Involves joint inflammation and localized pain, not nerve distribution.
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