II. Indications
III. Technique
- Patient lies supine at rest
- Patient raises their leg, flexed 45 degrees off the table with the knee extended (straight)
- Examiner applies one hand on the anterior thigh, forcing it back down against the exam table
- Images
IV. Interpretation
- Positive if Hip Pain or weakness against resistance
- Causes of positive test
- Sports Hernia (Athletic Pubalgia)
- Slipped Capital Femoral Epiphysis (SCFE)
- Hip Impingement (femoral acetabular impingement)