The Bragard Sign Test is a neurodynamic assessment used after a Straight Leg Raise. The examiner raises the leg until symptoms are reproduced, lowers it slightly below the symptom threshold, then dorsiflexes the ankle to assess whether familiar neural-type leg symptoms return. A positive finding may...

The Piriformis Test assesses whether hip positioning or resisted movement reproduces familiar buttock or sciatic-type symptoms. A positive finding may increase suspicion of deep gluteal space involvement when it matches the client’s symptoms and other findings. Current 2020+ evidence supports a broa...

The Patellar-Pubic Percussion Test is a bedside screening test that compares sound transmission through the femur and pelvis. A reduced or altered sound on the symptomatic side may increase suspicion of a fracture or bony disruption, but the test should not replace imaging or urgent referral when fr...

The McCarthy Test is a hip special test used to assess whether controlled hip movement reproduces symptoms commonly associated with intra-articular hip irritation. A positive test may include familiar hip or groin pain, clicking, catching or painful mechanical symptoms. Current evidence for the exac...

The Hip Quadrant Test is a hip joint provocation test used to assess symptom response during combined hip flexion, adduction, internal rotation and compression. A positive finding may increase suspicion of intra-articular hip involvement when it reproduces familiar groin or hip symptoms. Current evi...

The Gaenslen Test is a sacroiliac joint pain provocation test that places one hip into flexion and the opposite hip into extension to stress the pelvic ring and SIJ region. A positive finding may increase suspicion of sacroiliac joint complex pain when it reproduces the client’s familiar symptoms. C...

The Fulcrum Test is an orthopaedic screening test used to assess whether controlled bending stress applied to the femur reproduces familiar thigh pain associated with a possible femoral stress injury. A positive test may increase suspicion of a femoral stress fracture when it matches the client's hi...

The Femoral Nerve Tension Test, also called the Femoral Nerve Stretch Test, Prone Knee Bend Test or Reverse Lasègue Test, is a neurodynamic assessment used to assess whether hip extension and knee flexion reproduce familiar anterior thigh or upper lumbar radicular-type symptoms. A positive test may ...

The FAIR Test places the hip into flexion, adduction and internal rotation to assess whether the position reproduces familiar buttock, posterior hip or sciatic-type symptoms. A positive test may support suspicion of piriformis-region or deep gluteal involvement when it matches the client’s history, ...

The Craig Test, also called the Ryder Test or Trochanteric Prominence Angle Test, is a clinical method used to estimate femoral anteversion by palpating the greater trochanter during prone hip rotation. It can provide useful context for hip rotation, gait, squat mechanics, in-toeing, out-toeing and ...

The Bowstring Sign, also called the Bowstring Test, Cram Test or popliteal pressure sign, is a neurodynamic assessment commonly used after a straight leg raise position. The examiner partially flexes the knee to reduce posterior thigh tension, then applies pressure in the popliteal fossa to assess w...

The FADIR Test, also called the FADDIR Test or anterior hip impingement test, is a hip pain provocation test performed by moving the hip into flexion, adduction and internal rotation. A positive test occurs when the movement reproduces the client’s familiar anterior hip or groin symptoms. The test i...