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<div id="topicContent" class="utdArticleSection utdStyle xhash_topicContent_scrollTarget"><div id="topicTitle">Acute lumbosacral radiculopathy: Etiology, clinical features, and diagnosis</div> <span class="view"><div data-v-2a07518f="" data-v-a20af505="" class="view-in-language ds1-pa-compact ds1-utd-size-1 wk-js2"><div data-v-80b97b5e="" data-v-2a07518f="" class="wk-field wk-field-is-inline wk-field-small" input-id="view-in-language" label="Topic Language" name="view-in-language" hide-header=""><!----> <div data-v-80b97b5e="" class="wk-field-body"><div data-v-80b97b5e="" class="wk-field-select-container"><select data-v-80b97b5e="" id="view-in-language" tabindex="0" aria-label="Select Topic Language option" class="wk-field-select view-in-language-selector" name="view-in-language" placeholder="Select Language"><option data-v-80b97b5e="" disabled="" value="">Select Language</option> <option data-v-80b97b5e="" value="/contents/zh-Hans/acute-lumbosacral-radiculopathy-etiology-clinical-features-and-diagnosis">Chinese</option><option data-v-80b97b5e="" value="/contents/acute-lumbosacral-radiculopathy-etiology-clinical-features-and-diagnosis">English</option></select></div> <div data-v-80b97b5e="" class="wk-field-inlay"><span data-v-80b97b5e="" class="wk-field-icon wk-field-check-mark-icon"><!----></span></div> <!----></div></div></div></span><div class="authorSectionElem"><div class="authorsElementsLeft"><dl id="topicContributors"><dt><span> </span>Authors:</dt><dd><a href="/contents/acute-lumbosacral-radiculopathy-etiology-clinical-features-and-diagnosis/contributors" class="contributor contributor_credentials" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Philip S Hsu, MD</a></dd><dd><a href="/contents/acute-lumbosacral-radiculopathy-etiology-clinical-features-and-diagnosis/contributors" class="contributor contributor_credentials" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Carmel Armon, MD, MHS</a></dd><dd><a href="/contents/acute-lumbosacral-radiculopathy-etiology-clinical-features-and-diagnosis/contributors" class="contributor contributor_credentials" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Kerry Levin, MD</a></dd><dt><span> </span>Section Editor:</dt><dd><a href="/contents/acute-lumbosacral-radiculopathy-etiology-clinical-features-and-diagnosis/contributors" class="contributor contributor_credentials" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">David C Preston, MD, FAAN</a></dd><dt><span> </span>Deputy Editor:</dt><dd><a href="/contents/acute-lumbosacral-radiculopathy-etiology-clinical-features-and-diagnosis/contributors" class="contributor contributor_credentials" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Richard P Goddeau, Jr, DO, FAHA</a></dd></dl><div id="literatureReviewDate"><div class="litReviewSingleLine"><bdi><span class="emphasis">Literature review current through:</span>&nbsp;Jun 2025.</bdi></div><div class="litReviewSingleLine"><bdi><span class="emphasis">This topic last updated:</span>&nbsp;Jul 01, 2025.</bdi></div></div></div></div><div id="topicText"><p class="headingAnchor css_h1" id="xhash_H1"><span class="h1 xhash_H1_scrollTarget">INTRODUCTION</span></p><p class="css_h1">Lumbosacral radiculopathy is a condition in which a disease process impairs the function of one or more lumbosacral nerve roots and often leads to pain, numbness, and weakness in the back, groin, or leg. The most common causes of lumbosacral radiculopathy are compressive intervertebral disc herniation and degenerative spondylosis. </p><p class="css_h1">This topic will review the etiologies, clinical features, and diagnosis of acute lumbosacral radiculopathy. The treatment and prognosis of lumbosacral radiculopathy are discussed separately. (See  <a href="/contents/acute-lumbosacral-radiculopathy-treatment-and-prognosis?search=lumbar+disc+herniation&amp;topicRef=5262&amp;source=see_link" class="medical medical_review">"Acute lumbosacral radiculopathy: Treatment and prognosis"</a>.)</p><p class="css_h1">The clinical features and management of nonradicular disorders of the lower spine are discussed elsewhere.</p><p class="bulletIndent1 css_h1"><span class="glyph">●</span>(See  <a href="/contents/evaluation-of-low-back-pain-in-adults?search=lumbar+disc+herniation&amp;topicRef=5262&amp;source=see_link" class="medical medical_review">"Evaluation of low back pain in adults"</a>.)</p><p class="bulletIndent1 css_h1"><span class="glyph">●</span>(See  <a href="/contents/treatment-of-acute-low-back-pain?search=lumbar+disc+herniation&amp;topicRef=5262&amp;source=see_link" class="medical medical_review">"Treatment of acute low back pain"</a>.)</p><a id="xhash_H2" class="headingAnchor emptyAnchor xhash_H2_scrollTarget"></a><a 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