Ortho 2 (special tests/glides): Hip

Question 1

quick screening test for hip

Answer 1

for prone legs apart one - compare how far it goes one side compared to the other - screen test

Question 2

hip - arc movement

Answer 2

note: for flex then add movement from yesterday - you can do an arc of movement from flex/add then moving into some ext medially and caudally (normal, smooth movement should have no pain - could have pain or a catchment sensation in someone with issues)

To treat pain:

1) can do a scooping movement over that bump (movement in small circles up and down the arc)
2) can do a hammer movement - at painful spot - push into ark (is perpendicular to arc)

Question 3

HIP - FABER combined movement

Answer 3

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Question 4

HIP - flexion/adduction (+IR/ER) combined movement

Answer 4

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Question 5

HIP - ext/abd/IR combined movement

Answer 5

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Question 6

hip - posterior glide

Answer 6

• for flexion and/or IR

Question 7

hip - anterior glide

Answer 7

• for extension and/or ER

Question 8

hip - inferior glide

Answer 8

• for hip abduction

Question 9

hip - traction

Answer 9

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Question 10

hip - functional tests and observations

Answer 10

In NWB & WB, looking for

• Swelling, bruising which condition?
• Misalignment which condition?
• Bony/joint deformity Any bump? which condition?
• Atrophy which muscle?
• LLD
• -Weber-Barstow manoeuvre q ”True leg length
• -Femoral length
• -Tibial length

Question 11

hip - how to palpate femoral head (ant and post), piriformis, ITB, adductors

Answer 11

Question 12

Hip - load transfer tests

Answer 12

Question 13

Hip - dynamic stability assessment in supine

Answer 13

Question 14

Hip - dynamic stability assessment in prone

Answer 14

Question 15

Hip - anterior labral tear test

Answer 15

Question 16

Hip - posterior labral tear test

Answer 16