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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2022 Oct 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Womens Health Phys Therap. 2021 Oct-Dec;45(4):164–173. doi: 10.1097/jwh.0000000000000211

TABLE 2.

Description of movement/positional tests and additional clinical tests

Test Name Test Description Participant Instructions
Forward bend Active lumbar and hip flexion from standing position “Bend forward like you are going to touch your toes”
Return from forward bend Active return from lumbar and hip flexion in standing “Come back up to standing”
Single-Leg stancea Active hip and knee flexion of 1 limb to 90 hip flexion “Stand on your (L) leg and lift your (R) thigh parallel with the floor”
Stork testa,b,22 Therapist palpated participant’s sacrum at S2 and PSIS while participant performed SLS “Stand on your (L) leg and lift your (R) thigh parallel with the floor”
Sidelying positiona Preferred participant position in sidelying “Lie down on your side however you are most comfortable”
Pubic symphysis palpation Palpation of the anterior-superior border of the pubic symphysis in supine hook lying
Seated passive hip IRa,b Passive internal rotation of the hip with the hip and knee flexed to 90⸰ “Let your foot hang heavy while I move your leg”
Seated passive hip ERa,b Passive external rotation of the hip with the hip and knee flexed to 90⸰ “Let your foot hang heavy while I move your leg”
FABERa,b,23 Passive hip flexion, abduction, and external rotation with knee bent in supine position, therapist applied downward overpressure at medial knee “Let your leg hang heavy while I move it for you”
FADIRa,b, 23 Passive hip flexion, adduction, internal rotation with knee bent in supine position, therapist applied overpressure in medial direction at lateral thigh “Let your leg hang heavy while I move it for you”
a

Tests were performed bilaterally.

b

No correction was performed for this test.

*

Palpating pressure was not quantified.