Hip Assignment

Question 1

Why does hip anteversion cause “toe in” walking?

Hip flex occurs at the hip
Lateral rotation occurs at the hip
Hip ABD occurs at the hip
Medial rotation occurs at the hip

Answer 1

Medial rotation occurs at the hip

Question 2

A child who received a great deal of pressure on the hip in uterine presents with the angle between the shaft and the neck of the femur in the frontal plane as 150 degrees. This is called:

Coxa valga
Coxa vara

Answer 2

coxa valga

Question 3

Where do you align the proximal/stationary arm when goniometrically measuring hip extension?

The greater trochanter
Inline with the plinth
Lateral malleolus
Lateral midline of the pelvis

Answer 3

Lateral midline of the pelvis

Question 4

What is unusual about the testing position for a goniometric measurement of hip adduction?

This motion is not measured
You must move the contralateral leg out of the way
You perform it prone
The patient’s eyes should be closed

Answer 4

You must move the contralateral leg out of the way

Question 5

Nutation of the pelvis is rotation of the:

Innominate anteriorly on the sacrum
Superior aspect of the sacrum anteriorly
Innominate laterally on the sacrum
Inferior aspect of the sacrum anteriorly

Answer 5

Superior aspect of the sacrum anteriorly

Question 6

The sacrum is:

Five fused vertebrae
Wedge shaped
Part of three joints
All of the above

Answer 6

All of the above

Question 7

The acetabulum, the proximal portion of the hip joint:

Is part of the sacrum
Permits motion in two planes
Is concave
Is convex

Answer 7

Is concave

Question 8

Which muscle has an attachment on the iliac fossa?

Rectus abdominis
Internal oblique
Transverses abdominis
Iliopsoas

Answer 8

Iliopsoas

Question 9

Which type of joint is the pubic symphysis?

Synovial
Cartilaginous
Diarthrodial
Fibrous

Answer 9

Cartilaginous

Question 10

Pelvic elevation is produced by a force couple of the quadratus lumborum and:

Hip abductors on the opposite side
Hip abductors on the same side
Hip adductors on the opposite side
Hip adductors on the same side

Answer 10

Hip abductors on the opposite side

Question 11

The innominate bone is composed of the:

Ilium, ischium, and pubis
Ischium, pubis, and sacrum
Ilium ischium, and sacrum
Pubis and sacrum

Answer 11

Ilium, ischium, and pubis

Question 12

The hip joint is:

The articulation of the axial and appendicular skeletons
A ball-and-socket joint
A synovial joint
All of the above

Answer 12

all of the above

Question 13

The end feel for hip flexion is:

Empty
Soft
Firm
Hard

Answer 13

soft

Question 14

Which arthrokinematic motion(s) occur(s) during hip medial rotation?

Spin and roll
Glide
Roll and glide
Roll

Answer 14

Roll and glide