Table 2.
Number (%) of respondents reporting various factors from the patient history that contribute to their decision to examine of one or both hip joints in individuals with a primary complaint of low back pain.a
| Always n (%) |
Most of the time n (%) |
Sometimes n (%) |
Rarely n (%) |
Never n (%) |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Body diagram with marking around one or both hips (n = 1036) |
860 (83) | 122 (11.8) | 37 (3.6) | 9 (0.9) | 8 (0.7) |
| Verbal report of pain in one or both hips (n = 1033) | 903 (87.4) | 903 (87.4) | 26 (2.5) | 1 (0.1) | 0 |
| Verbal report of stiffness in one or both hips (n = 1035) | 870 (84.1) | 120 (11.6) | 41 (4.0) | 4 (0.4) | 0 |
| Verbal report of buttock pain (n = 1034) | 782 (75.6) | 179 (17.3) | 61 (5.9) | 12 (1.2) | 0 |
| Previous surgical history in one or both hips (n = 1034) |
799 (77.3) | 168 (16.2) | 57 (5.5) | 10 (1.0) | 0 |
| Previous non-surgical history in one or both hips (n = 1034) |
800 (77.8) | 168 (16.3) | 53 (5.2) | 7 (0.7) | 0 |
| Previous surgical history in one or both knees (n = 1028) |
800 (77.8) | 168 (16.3) | 53 (5.2) | 7 (0.7) | 0 |
| Presence of neurological symptoms in the lower extremity (n = 1032) |
604 (58.5) | 271 (26.3) | 132 (12.8) | 24 (2.3) | 1 (0.1) |
| Physician referral indicates presence of hip pathology (n = 1032) | 868 (84.1) | 119 (11.5) | 32 (3.1) | 12 (1.2) | 1 (0.1) |
| Presence of imaging (i.e., X-ray, MRI, etc.) abnormalities of one or both hips (n = 1035) |
803 (77.6) | 156 (15.1) | 54 (5.2) | 19 (1.8) | 3 (0.3) |
| Male gender of patient (n = 1022) |
605 (59.2) | 219 (21.4) | 158 (15.5) | 18 (1.8) | 22 (2.2) |
| Female gender of patient (n = 1018) |
614 (60.3) | 220 (21.6) | 144 (14.1) | 17 (1.7) | 23 (2.3) |
a
The total number of respondents that answered each question is variable because some respondents did not answer every question.