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Hip examination. In medicine, physiotherapy, chiropractic, and osteopathy the hip examination, or hip exam, is undertaken when a patient has a complaint of hip pain and/or signs and/or symptoms suggestive of hip joint pathology. It is a physical examination maneuver.
Thomas test. To rule out hip flexion contracture & psoas syndrome. The Thomas test is a physical examination test, named after the Welsh orthopaedic surgeon, Hugh Owen Thomas (1834–1891), to rule out hip flexion contracture (fixed partial flexion of the hip) and psoas syndrome (injury to the psoas muscle). Illustration of the Thomas test.
Psoas sign. The psoas sign, also known as Cope's sign (or Cope's psoas test [1]) or Obraztsova's sign, [2] is a medical sign that indicates irritation to the iliopsoas group of hip flexors in the abdomen, and consequently indicates that the inflamed appendix is retrocaecal in orientation (as the iliopsoas muscle is retroperitoneal).
Trendelenburg's sign. Trendelenburg's sign is found in people with weak or paralyzed abductor muscles of the hip, namely gluteus medius and gluteus minimus. [ 1] It is named after the German surgeon Friedrich Trendelenburg. It is often incorrectly referenced as the Trendelenburg test which is a test for vascular insufficiency in the lower ...
Trendelenburg gait, named after Friedrich Trendelenburg, is an abnormal human gait. It is caused by weakness or ineffective action of the gluteus medius muscle and the gluteus minimus muscle . Gandbhir and Rayi point out that the biomechanical action involved comprises a class 3 lever, where the lower limb's weight is the load, the hip joint is ...
The classic clinical presentation of a hip fracture is an elderly patient who sustained a low-energy fall and now has groin pain and is unable to bear weight. [5] Pain may be referred to the supracondylar knee. On examination, the affected extremity is often shortened and externally rotated compared to the unaffected leg. [6]
Patrick's test. Patrick's test or FABER test is performed to evaluate pathology of the hip joint or the sacroiliac joint. [ 1] The test is performed by having the tested leg flexed and the thigh abducted and externally rotated. If pain is elicited on the ipsilateral side anteriorly, it is suggestive of a hip joint disorder on the same side.
A hip dislocation is when the thighbone ( femur) separates from the hip bone ( pelvis ). [ 1] Specifically it is when the ball–shaped head of the femur ( femoral head) separates from its cup–shaped socket in the hip bone, known as the acetabulum. [ 1] The joint of the femur and pelvis ( hip joint) is very stable, secured by both bony and ...