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Log Roll Test
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Log Roll Test
, Freiberg Test, Passive Supine Hip Rotation
Technique
Patient lies at rest, supine with both hip and knee extended
Examiner places one hand at the mid-thigh and the other at the calf
Examiner passively rotates the entire leg and hip both internally and externally
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Interpretation
Positive if restricted movement or pain on passive hip rotation
Causes of positive test
Piriformis Syndrome
Slipped Capital Femoral Epiphysis
(
SCFE
)
Hip Fracture
References
Braly (2006) Clin Sports Med 199-210 [PubMed]
Wilson (2014) Am Fam Physician 90(1): 27-34 [PubMed]
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