Hip Quadrant Test
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Purpose
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This a general test to identify the presence of hip pathology.
Technique[1]
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The patient should be positioned in supine. The therapist should flex and adduct the hip until resistance is met. The knee should be allowed to be in a comfortably flexed position. The therapist then maintains flexion into resistance and moves teh hip into abduction, bringing the hip through a full arc of motion. If the patient reports no pain, the examiner then applies a compressive force through the long-axis of the femur to the hip. The test is considered positive if abnormal resistance is met or if the test reproduces the patient's complaint of pain.
Evidence[edit | edit source]
| Sensitivity | 0.75 |
| Specificity | 0.43 |
| Positive Likelihood Ratio | 1.32 |
| Negative Likelihood Ratio | 0.58 |
References
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- ↑ Flynn T, Cleland J, Whitman J. User's guide to the musculoskeletal examination: Fundamentals for the evidence-based clinician. Buckner, Kentucky: Evidence in Motion; 2008.
- ↑ Narvani A, Tsirdis E, Kendall S, Chaudhuri R, Thomas P. A preliminary report on prevalence of acetabular labral tears in sports patients with groin pain. Knee Surg Sports Traumatol Arthrosc. 2003;11:403-408.
