Innominate Dx And Tx Flashcards
3 bones that make up the innominate
Ilium
Ischium
Pubis
Always have the patient…..
- Reset the hips
- supine, bend knees, feet flat on table lift hips off table and then back down, extend knees back to flat supine
Trendelenburg Test
- pt lifts 1 foot by bending at the knee and stands on other leg
- doc behind pt w/eyes at level of pelvis
- gluteus medius should contract on the weight bearing side to elevate the pelvis on the unsupported side
- positive test= weak gluteus medius/superior gluteal n if the unsupported side drops (opposite side)
Thomas Test
- pt supine pulls knees to chest and then lowers 1 leg on the table to test flexibility of hip flexors (iliopsoas)
- positive test= inability to fully extend at hip
- test for psoas tension (hip flexor contracture)
Ober Test
- pt lateral recumbent with hips and knees flexed
- passively abduct and extend upper leg OR let upper leg hang off the table
- stabilize the hip OR pull back on the ASIS to prevent pelvis rotation
- positive test= leg will not fully adduct OR cannot easily press down on the leg
- test for IT band contracture
OTHER considerations for the pelvis
- *unequal hamstring length: standing flexion may be falsely positive/negative
- must treat hamstrings and then reassess
What is important about the pelvic/ASIS compression test
- induce force through ASIS posterior medially looking for hard end feel
- Does NOT discriminate between iliosacral and sacroilial motion!!
- indicates SI joint dysfunction on side of restriced motion
What is imporatant about pubic tubercles?
- note asymmetry or pain to palpation
* common site for dysfunction post delivery or after stepping down hard
If my patient had a Left anterior innominate rotation what would my findings be?
- standing flexion/pelvic compression= POS on L
- ASIS height= inferior on L
- Malleoli= Long/inferior on L
- PSIS height= superior on L
- butt out*
If my patient had a Right posterior innominate rotation what would my findings be?
- standing flexion/pelvic compression= POS on R
- ASIS height= superior on R
- Malleoli= Short/superior on R
- PSIS height= inferior on R
- tuck butt*
If my patient had a superior or inferior shear what would my findings be?
- superior shear= all superior on side of dysfunction
- inferior shear= all inferior on side of dysfunction
If my patient had a inflare or outflare of the innominate what would my findings be?
- Inflare= all heights equal, ASIS to midline distance shorter
- Outflare= all heights equal, ASIS to midline distance longer
What is my patient had a superior or inferior pubic shear what would my findings be?
- standing flexion/pelvic compression= POS on side dysfunction
- pubic bone/tubercle= superior or inferior on side dysfunction
- other landmarks= equal OR have innominate shear
What if my patient had pubic compression (adduction) or pubic gapping (abduction)?
- compression= B/L tenderness of each pubic rami and pubic symphysis
- gapping= occurs often after childbirth, pelvic fractures or trauma to pelvis, very painful
*positve compression bilaterally, NEG standing flexion, everyhting else symmetrical
Treat a Left inflare of the innominate
- pt supine doc standing on the right of the patient
- flex hip/knee of L leg and place lateral to R knee
- cephalad hand on asis on R and caudad hand on pt knee
- hip is abducted/externally rotated until reach barrier
- pt will adduct/internally rotate their hip by pushing into doc hand and doc provide equal counter force 3-5 sec
- pt relax and new restrictive barrier engaged
- perform until no new barriers