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A 33-year-old man presents to his primary care physician to evaluate low back pain. The patient was helping his sibling lift furniture yesterday when he experienced acute onset low back pain, requiring him to lay in bed the remainder of the day. The patient is otherwise healthy and does not take any medications. The patient has tenderness to palpation over the lumbar spine on physical examination. Strength is 5/5 with foot dorsiflexion, toe extension, and foot inversion and eversion in the right lower extremity, while 4/5 in the left lower extremity. Sensation is also diminished on the lateral aspect of the left lower extremity compared to that of the right side. Which of the following is the most likely affected nerve root responsible for this patient’s clinical findings?
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