another NBME 2 Q SOME1 drop some knowledge!! - wolverine99

[ArchivalUser]

A previously healthy 47-year-old nulliparous woman is brought to the emergency department by ambulance because of acute low back pain radiating to the right posterior leg for 2 hours. The pain began when she bent over at work to retrieve a file from the lowest drawer of a filing cabinet. She does not smoke cigarettes or drink alcohol. Examination shows right paraspinous muscle spasm and pain in the lower back with right straight-leg raising at 30 degrees. She says that she plans to file a claim for a work-related injury. Which of the following findings is the strongest risk factor for a prolonged episode of pain in this patient?

A) Arrival for care in an ambulance
B) Claim that pain is work-related
C) Gender
D) Nulliparity
E) Positive straight-leg raising test
F) Radiation of the pain into the posterior lower extremity

i picked E what yll think

[ArchivalUser]

I picked E too
But i saw other people saying its B because she has a personal gain.i'm starting to think B is correct too.