Table 1.
Summary of Symptoms and Physical Exam Findings
Symptoms | Physical Exam Findings |
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Localized L buttock pain, ranging from 0-8/10 | MMT results: L hip flexors (4/5), abductors (4+/5), adductors (4-/5), extensors (4+/5) |
Pain worsens with sitting, deadlifting, driving, squatting, and bending over to pick up objects from floor | Pain with resisted hip extension and adduction during MMT |
Decreased AROM L hip: extension 7 °, ER 10 ° | |
90-90 hamstring passive length test on L revealed normal extensibility, but provoked pain | |
Tenderness to palpation at L proximal hamstring tendon and ischial tuberosity | |
In standing, iliac crest was elevated on L relative to R side and posterior pelvic tilt was noted |
Abbreviations: left (L), right (R), manual muscle test (MMT), active range of motion (AROM), external rotation (ER)