Special Tests: Hip

Question 1

Tests for hip pathology

Answer 1

Hip Scour/Quadrant test

Patrick or FABER test

Question 2

Tests for muscle tightness

Answer 2

90-90 straight leg raise test
Ober's test 
Thomas test 
Trendelenberg test
Patrick or FABER test
Piriformis test
Ely's test

Question 3

Test for neurological involvement

Answer 3

Femoral Nerve Traction Test

Question 4

What does the Craig’s test assess?

Answer 4

To determine the anteversion of the femur.
Less than 8 degrees = retroversion
More than 15 degrees = anteversion

Question 5

What do the true leg-length discrepency and apparent leg-length discrepency test assess?

Answer 5

Comparative analysis of leg lengths