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Ober's Test

Aka: Ober's Test

See Also
1. Iliotibial Band Syndrome
2. Noble's Test
Indication
1. Iliotibial Band Syndrome Evaluation
Technique
1. Patient lies on side, unaffected side down
2. Flex unaffected hip and knee to 90 degrees
3. Abduct and extend affected leg to be level with body
4. Adduct affected knee into adduction
Interpretation: Findings suggestive of IT Band Syndrome
1. Difficult adduction of affected knee
2. Lateral Knee Pain on attempted adduction

Ober's test (C0231721)
Concepts	Diagnostic Procedure (T060)
SnomedCT	13416003
English	Ober test, Ober's test, Ober's test (procedure)
Spanish	prueba de Ober (procedimiento), prueba de Ober
Sources	Derived from the NIH UMLS (Unified Medical Language System)

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