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Straight Leg Raise Against Resistance
Aka: Straight Leg Raise Against Resistance, Stinchfield Test
- See Also
- Hip Exam
- Indications
- Hip Pain
- 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

- 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)
- References
- Braly (2006) Clin Sports Med 199-210 [PubMed]
- Wilson (2014) Am Fam Physician 90(1): 27-34 [PubMed]