CT scan of a man presenting with radiculopathy of the left cervical spinal nerve 7. It shows<unk>  with osteophytes between the vertebral bodies C6 and C7 on the left side, causing foraminal stenosis at this level (lower arrow, also showing axial plane), explaining the symptoms. There is also<unk>  of the facet joint between C2 and C3, with some foraminal stenosis at this level (upper arrow), which appears to be asymptomatic. There are multiple techniques used in the diagnosis of<unk> , these are; * Cervical Compression Test, a variant of Spurling's test, is performed by laterally flexing the patient's head and placing downward pressure on it. Neck or shoulder pain on the ipsilateral side (i.e. the side to which the head is flexed) indicates a positive result for this test. A positive test result is not necessarily a positive result for<unk>  and as such additional testing is required. * Lhermitte sign: feeling of electrical shock with patient neck flexion * Reduced range of motion of the neck, the most frequent objective finding on physical examination * MRI and CT scans are helpful for pain diagnosis but generally are not definitive and must be considered together with physical examinations and history.
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