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Hip Exam
Aka: Hip Exam- Exam: General
- Exam outside the hip (critical)
- Low Back Exam (e.g. radicular pain)
- Knee Exam
- Exam of Abdomen and Pelvis (e.g. Appendicitis has presented with Hip Pain)
- Hip Asymmetry
- Leg Length Discrepancy
- SI joint dysfunction
- Greater trochanter tenderness to palpation
- Range of motion
- See normal range of motion below
- Pain on even slight range of motion is a red flag for septic hip
- Specific Tests
- Exam outside the hip (critical)
- Exam: Normal Hip Range of Motion
- Hip flexion: 110 to 120 degrees
- Hip extension: 10 to 15 degrees
- Hip abduction: 30 to 50 degrees
- Hip adduction: 30 degrees
- Hip lateral rotation: 40 to 60 degrees
- Hip medial rotation: 30 to 40 degrees