Cervical
Cervical
Compression Test
• Differentiates hip disorders from disorders of the sacroiliac joints (assessment of adductor
tension).
• Procedure: The patient is supine with one leg extended and the other flexed at the knee. The
lateral malleolus of the flexed leg lies across the other leg superior to the patella. The test
may also be performed so that the foot of the flexed leg is in contact with the medial aspect
of the knee of the contralateral leg. The flexed leg is then pressed or allowed to fall further
into abduction. The examiner must immobilize the pelvis on the extended contralateral side
to prevent it from moving during the test.
• Assessment: Normally the knee of the abducted leg will almost touch the examining table.
Comparative measurements of the distance between the knee and the table on both sides
are made. On the side of the positive hyperabduction sign, motion is restricted, the
adductors are tensed, and the patient feels pain when the leg is further abducted past the
starting position of limited abduction. Apart from assessing the tension in the adductors, is
should also be considered whether the shortening of the adductors is attributable to hip pain
(a soft endpoint) or sacroiliac motion restriction (differential diagnosis). A simple restriction
of movement in the hip (hard endpoint) or a intervertebral dysfunction in the lumbar spine
can also produce a positive fabere sign.
Patrick Test (Fabere Sign)
Contra Patrick Test
(Fadire Sign: Flexion, adduction, internal rotation, extension)