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.
Piriformis syndrome is a rare condition that can result in sciatica-like symptoms. Unlike the other two causes (i.e. stenosis and herniated disc as described earlier) of one sided leg and/or buttock pain, piriformis syndrome-related sciatica does not originate in the spine.