HIP Special Testing Flashcards
Test for Joint Dysfunction
- FABER test
* Hip Internal Rotation
Test for Muscle or Tendon Pathology
- Thomas Test
* Trendelenberg’s sign
FABER test conduction
- PT supine
- Test leg’s foot is on opposite knee
- Knee is supposed to be lowered to the table
- FURTHER STRESS can be placed on the HIP joint if the practitioner presses the knee with one hand and the ASIS on the opposite stretched out leg
Positive FABER test if
There is pain in the groin or anterior hip, when the knee does not lower parallel to the table
What else can be noticed with a FABER test (other than in regards to a positive test)
- shortened ILIOPSOAS
* SI-Joint lesion
HIP Internal Rotation conduction
PT supine, Knee bent, have PT lift leg so that lower leg is parallel to table then internally and externally rotate the HIP (Internally - rotate in direction of leg off table, Externally - rotate in direction of the other leg)
Positive HIP Internal Rotation test
Pain felt in the groin or anterior HIP, this indicates HIP osteoarthritis or Joint defect
THOMAS Test conduction
PT sitting down at edge of table, rolling onto back onto table, squeezing knees into chest,
one leg should drop down. The leg is assessed at what position the leg is at.
THOMAS test UPPER THIGH falls at or below parallel table indicates:
everything is normal
THOMAS test is positive if Upper thigh
stays above table
THOMAS test LOWER LEG is perpendicular to the floor means
everything is normal
Upper thigh falls short to the table in the THOMAS test, what muscle is involved?
Iliopsoas is short
LOWER LEG is not perpendicular in the Thomas test but is extended, this means
The test is positive: shortened Rectus Femoris
THOMAS test entire leg is in line with the Torso the test indicates
everything is normal
THOMAS test entire leg abducts means
Shortened IT Band
