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FABER Test
Aka: FABER Test, FABERE Test, Patrick's Test, Patrick's Sign, Figure of Four Test
- Background: FABER Mnemonic
- Flexion
- ABduction
- External Rotation
- See Also
- Hip Exam
- Sacroiliitis in Ankylosing Spondylitis
- Sacoiliac Joint Dysfunction (SI Joint Dysfunction)
- Indications
- Hip Pain
- Evaluation for Sacroiliac joint disease
- Sacroiliitis in Ankylosing Spondylitis
- Sacoiliac Joint Dysfunction (SI Joint Dysfunction)
- Technique: External Hip Rotation
- Patient lies supine
- Knee on affected side flexed to 90 degrees
- Foot on affected side rests on opposite knee
- Examiner places one hand on opposite iliac crest
- Stabilizes Pelvis against table
- Examiner places one hand on knee of affected side
- Examiner externally rotates hip on affected side
- Knee pushed laterally and down
- Images

- Interpretation
- SI Joint Pain on external hip rotation (Positive Patrick's Sign)
- Sacroiliac Joint Dysfunction
- Sacroiliitis
- Groin Pain on external hip rotation
- Iliopsoas Strain or Iliopsoas Bursitis
- Intraarticular Hip Disorder
- Hip Impingement (femoral acetabular impingement)
- Hip Labral Tear
- Hip loose bodies
- Hip chondral lesion
- Hip Osteoarthritis
- Posterior Hip Pain on external hip rotation
- Posterior Hip Impingement
- References
- Braly (2006) Clin Sports Med 199-210 [PubMed]
- Wilson (2014) Am Fam Physician 90(1): 27-34 [PubMed]