Hip Flashcards
(150 cards)
4 areas that refer pain to the hip
Lumbar spine
SI joint
Knee
Foot and ankle
What is the most common area to refer pain to the hip?
Lumbar spine
Identify 5 areas the hip refers pain to
- Knee
- Thigh
- Can refer to lumbar
- SI
- Foot, ankle UNCOMMONLY
For MSK issues at the knee, MUST LOOK AT ________.
Hip
What diagnosis is the following question targeting? “Have you ever had a medical practitioner tell you that you have a problem with the blood circulation in your hips?”
Avascular necrosis (AVN)
5 colon cancer red flags
- Age >50 years
- Bowel disturbances
- Unexplained weight loss
- History of colon cancer in immediate family
- Pain unchanged by positions or movement
4 red flags for pathological fracture of the femoral neck
- Older women (>70) with hip, groin, or thigh pain
- Hx of fall from standing position
- Severe, constant pain worse with movement
- A shortened and externally rotated LE
Identify 5 red flags for BSI - femoral neck stress fracture
- Younger age
- Hormonal changes
- Nutritional changes
- High volume of training relative to recovery
- Pain with WBing worsening with time
If a BSI is confirmed, what is required?
Requires differential diagnostic imaging followed by NWB order.
Identify 3 red flags for osteonecrosis of the femoral head
Hx of long term corticosteroid use
Hx of avascular necrosis of contralateral hip
Trauma
What Functional assessment is most often used after a THA?
Harris hip rating
What functional assessment is used to assess hip and groin disability in young patients?
Copenhagen Hip and Groin Outcome Score
The “C” sign is a strong predictor of what type of pathology?
Intraarticular
Hip flexion clinical norm
120 degrees
Hip extension clinical norm
15-30 degrees
Hip abduction clinical norm
45 degrees
Hip adduction clinical norm
20-30 degrees
Hip internal rotation clinical norm
30-45 degrees
Hip external rotation clinical norm
45-60 degrees
Test for piriformis syndrome
FAIR test
Test for stress fracture of femoral shaft
Fulcrum test
Test used if suspicion of occult hip fracture
Auscultatory patellar-pubic percussion test
What test is used to assess for intraarticular pathology at the hip?
Quadrant (Scour) test
Test for ligamentous laxity
Log roll test