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.
This can be diagnosed by a MRI scan, and treated with surgery. The symptoms of piriformis syndrome include: buttock pain; tenderness over the greater sciatic notch; worsening of pain during sitting and when performing movements which increase tension in the piriformis muscle (Flexion/Adduction/Internal Rotation of the hip, i.e. FAIR test).