Hip, groin & thigh: examination tests with their numbers
14 tests from the book, each with the published accuracy figures that exist for it, and what a positive and a negative result mean.
- 30-second single-leg stance testLR+ 37 · LR− 0 · Treat with caution
- Active piriformis testLR+ 3.9 · LR− 0.27 · A weak test on its own
- Ischiofemoral impingement (IFI) testLR+ 5.35 · LR− 0.21 · Best used to rule in
- Long stride walking testLR+ 6.12 · LR− 0.07 · Useful in both directions
- Patellar-pubic percussion testLR+ 6.79 · LR− 0.06 · Treat with caution
- Pelvic compression test (lateral femoral cutaneous nerve)LR+ 13 · LR− 0.14 · Treat with caution
- Resisted external derotation testLR+ 32.6 · LR− 0.12 · Treat with caution
- Resisted straight leg raise (Stinchfield test)LR+ 0.87 · LR− 1.28 · A weak test on its own
- Scour test / quadrant testLR+ 0.7 · LR− 1.72 · A weak test on its own
- Seated piriformis stretch testLR+ 5.22 · LR− 0.53 · Best used to rule in
- Squeeze test (adductor)LR+ 4.2 · LR− 0.58 · A weak test on its own
- Thomas testLR+ 1.32 · LR− 0.58 · A weak test on its own
- Tinel's/percussion sign over the lateral femoral cutaneous nerve at the inguinal ligamentLR+ 6 · LR− 0.23 · Treat with caution
- Trendelenburg test/signLR+ 3.15 · LR− 0.35 · A weak test on its own
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These pages give the published figures. Rule It In, Rule It Out adds, for every test with published figures in the chapter ‘The hip and groin’: how to do it, what counts as positive, how to read the result, and, where studied, whether combining tests helps.
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Rule It In is a free evidence letter for musculoskeletal clinicians: one recent study explained, one examination test with its real numbers. From Trokos, publisher of Rule It In, Rule It Out.