To find an experimentâs dependent variable, you only need ask what the hypothesis is about. For example, an experiment testing the hypothesis âfertilizer A will increase the growth rate of sunflowersâ is primarily interested in the effect on different growth rates, making âgrowth rateâ the dependent variable.
Re: Piriformis causing foot and calf pain? YES!!!!!!!! When I started reading your post yesterday, piriformis was my first thought - not a slipped disc or anything like that. Beleive it or not, injuring or basically aggravating the piriformis can affect you in so many ways.
However, surgical observation and cadaver studies reveal that variations in the relationship between the two occur in as much as 22% of the population (see figure 1)(1). Piriformis syndrome is an irritation of the sciatic nerve caused by an inflammation of the piriformis muscle.Athletes may complain of a deep aching pain in the buttock or a radiating sharp nerve pain that extends along the middle of the rear thigh. Occasionally, numbness and tingling can continue to the calf and toes.hile athletes are usually symptomatic in only one leg, the pain-free leg should be treated as well. In the New York study, investigators determined the most common causes of piriformis syndrome are overuse (43% of 876 patients) and trauma (18% of 892 patients).