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== Purpose  ==
The Fitzgerald test utilises two different test positions to determine if the patient has an anterior or posterior labral tear.
== Technique  ==
To test for a anterior labral tear, the patient lies supine while the physical therapist (PT) performs flexion, external rotation, and full abduction of the hip, followed by extending the hip, internal rotation, and adduction. To test for a posterior labral tear, the PT performs passive extension, abduction, external rotation, from the position of full hip flexion, internal rotation, and adduction while the patient is supine. Tests are considered to be positive with pain reproduction with or without an audible click<ref name="LHJ">Leiboid M, Huijbregts P, Jensen R. Concurrent Criterion-Related Validity of Physical Examination Tests for Hip Labral Lesions: A Systematic Review. The Journal of Manual Manipulative Therapy. [online]. 2008;16(2):E24-41.</ref> <ref name="LS">Lewis CL, Sahrmann SA. Acetabular labral tears. Physical therapy. 2006 Jan 1;86(1):110-21. </ref>. The Fitzgerald test has a sensitivity of .98<ref name="LHJ" /><ref name="BRW">Burgess RM, Rushton A, Wright C, Daborn C. The validity and accuracy of clinical diagnostic tests used to detect labral pathology of the hip: A systematic review. Manual Therapy 16 (2011) 318 – 326.</ref>. 
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== Evidence  ==
Sensitivity is reported to be 1.00. For inter-rater reliability of the flexion-internal rotation-adduction-impingement test, which is described like the Fitzgerald test for anterior labral tears, Kappa was 0.58 with a 95% confidence interval of (0.29–0.87).29
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