E1 Flashcards
Where is the true hip joint located?
**board question
In inguinal fold, lateral to femoral artery and just lateral to femoral nerve
Why is the location of the true hip joint important?
Arthrocentesis
Where do you insert the needle for hip arthrocentesis?
**board question
Palpate the arterial pulse, cover the nerve with your finger, and insert needle just lateral to that
How much pressure is transmitted through the femoral head?
3 pounds of pressure for every pound of body weight
Which hand is the cane held in?
Contralateral hand (to the injury/dysfunction)
Psoas innervation
L1-L3
Actions of the psoas
Flexes thigh
Externally rotates femur
Balances trunk in seated position
How does the psoas flex the trunk?
Only with knees locked in extension in the recumbent position (Straight Leg Sit Up)
Why can the psoas muscle cause diffuse pain patterns?
Nerve roots L1-L4 pierce the muscle–pain can follow dermatomal, myotomal, sclerotomal patterns
What is in contact with the anterior surface of the psoas?
Ureter
Psoas spasm without known injury can result from…
Ureter problems (ureteric calculus, ureteritis)
What lies on the medial aspect of the psoas?
Sympathetic chain
What lies across the front of both psoas muscles?
Transverse colon
Hip osteoarthritis Femoral bursitis Piriformis hypertonicity Diverticulitis Prostatitis Colon cancer Salpingitis
Causes of psoas spasm
Etiology of psoas muscle strain
Sudden hyperextension/external rotation of hip joint and lumbar spine
Prolonged sitting
Sudden standing after sitting for a long period of time
What is the Hugh Owens Thomas Test?
**board question
Normal:
Supine patient has increased lumbar lordosis
Flexion of one or both hips allows the lordosis to flatten out –> indicating psoas contracture
What would constitute an abnormal Hugh Owens Thomas Test?
Flexing one hip/leg causes the other to lift off the table
What is a frequent cause of hamstring hypertonicity?
Psoas shortening
What is often the triggering event for Psoas Syndrome?
Non-neutral dysfunction at L1-L3, establishing a somato-somatic reflex, triggering psoas hypertonicity.
What condition is commonly associated with osteoarthritis of the hip?
Femoral bursitis
What condition is often caused by tuberculosis of the spine?
Psoas abscess (infection in the spine at the thoracolumbar junction spreads in psoas fascia)
Positive (buttock pain) Straight Leg Raising Test
Positive (buttock pain) Patrick’s FABERE Test
Ishiogluteal bursitis
Ischial avulsion fracture can result from…
Forceful contraction of the hamstrings
Piriformis innervation
S1/S2 via superior and inferior gluteal nerves
What shares innervation with the piriformis?
SI joint
Actions of the piriformis
Externally rotates the neutral thigh
Abducts the flexed thigh
Works in conjunction with the other GOGOQ muscles
Common injury causing piriformis syndrome
Lift and internally rotate the hip on a fixed leg
People who drive a lot can suffer from what condition?
Piriformis syndrome (right hip externally rotated resulting in shortening of the piriformis)
Piriformis spasm causes…
Anterior sacral torsion on contralateral oblique axis
What nerves are compressed in piriformis syndrome?
Superior and inferior gluteal nerves, sciatic nerve
Fascia lata problems refer to….
The iliotibial tract
Fascia lata action
Lateral support for the hip joint and knee
L4/L5 dysfunctions Sacroiliac and iliosacral dysfunctions Inominate dysfunctions Tibial dysfunctions at the knee Fibular dysfunctions at the knee
Alter the function of the IT band
Which dysfunctions are produced by shortening of the IT band?
Inominate (inferior vertical shear, outflare inominate)
Anterior fibular head
Condition caused by increased tension in the IT band
Trochanteric bursitis
Fascia Lata Syndrome presentation
Tenderness along IT band
Trochanteric bursitis
Fibular nerve compression (foot drop, posterior/lateral calf pain)
Ely Test
With patient prone, flex leg at knee
If this causes the pelvis to lift up and the leg abducts at the hip, there is flexion contracture of the rectus femoris
Boring pain in the joint
Stiffness after periods of rest
Walking is curtailed
Symptoms of osteoarthritis of the hip
Physical finding for osteoarthritis of the hip
Limp Globally decreased ROM Pain with Patrick's FABERE Test Palpable joint effusion Palpable and auscultable joint crepitance
Patient cannot walk
LE appears shortened and externally rotated
Hip fracture outside hip capsule
Which condition presents with pain out of proportion to physical findings?
Avascular necrosis of the hip
Etiologies of avascular necrosis of the hip
Increased intracapsular pressure
Intravascular coagulopathy
Fat embolism
Arteriolosclerosis
Corticosteroids can cause…
Avascular necrosis of the hip
Which nerve is involved in meralgia parethetica?
Entrapment of the lateral femoral cutaneous nerve
Burning, tingling paresthesia with standing, sitting, walking
Point tenderness below inguinal ligament just medial to ASIS
Numbness over lateral thigh
Meralgia parethetica
Meralgia parethetica etiologies
Somatic dysfunction (anterior inominate rotation, inominate outflare, inferior inominate shear) Tight belts Tight jeans Tool belts Herniorrhaphy scar
What condition typically follows a trauma to the soft tissues?
Myositis ossificans traumatica
Most common locations of myositis ossificans traumatica
Hip and elbow
Where does the piriformis exit the pelvis?
Greater sciatic foramen
Psoas hypertonicity will cause sciatica on ipsilateral/contralateral side
Contralateral
There are ____ axes of sacral motion
Seven:
Three transverse (superior, middle, inferior)
Two oblique (left, right)
One vertical
One AP
Where is the sacral middle transverse axis located?
Anteriorly at the level of S2, near the junction of the long and short arms of the SI joint
What is the axis on which the sacrum flexes and extends in response to truncal motion?
Middle transverse
Once the lumbar lordosis begins to reverse with further flexion of the trunk, the sacrum moves into ______.
Extension
What is the axis the sacrum moves upon with ventilation?
Superior transverse: extension with inhalation, flexion with exhalation
Which sacral axis is located in the posterior superior sacroiliac ligaments?
Superior transverse
Which sacral axis is involved with the cranial rhythmic impulse cycle?
Superior transverse
With cranial base extension, the sacrum moves into _____
Flexion
Which sacral axis is located at the level of the ILAs?
Inferior transverse
On which axis does the inominate rotate during the gait cycle?
Inferior transverse
Which axis is not a true sacral axis?
Vertical –> actually an axis of pelvic rotation during the gait cycle
How do you know you have a unilateral sacral dysfunction?
- Motion testing (seated flexion, lumbar spring, and sphinx tests)
- Know the relative positions of the sacral sulci and ILAs
Where is the restriction in a positive seated flexion test?
On the side of the higher PSIS
Patient position for seated flexion test
Seated on a low stool with knees higher than hips, or seated on the edge of a low table with feet on the floor
Positive lumbar spring test results
Stiffness –> posteriorly going dysfunction (extension or posterior torsion)
Softness –> anteriorly going dysfunction (flexion or anterior torsion)
What is a torsion?
Two parts of the spine rotating in opposite directions about a single axis
When L5 is dysfunctional and rotates with the sacrum rather than the ilia, it is called ______
Non-compensated L5