Anatomy
The medical term for the hip socket
What is the Acetabulum?
The medical term for a bruise
What is a contusion?
The patient lays back with their legs straight and the examiner looks at their legs
What is the Long Sit Test?
The medical term for bow-legged
What is varus?
When the patient pulls their thigh to their chest
What is Hip Flexion?
The group that contains the biceps femoris, semitendinosus, and semimembranosus
What are the Hamstrings?
When the femur leaves the hip socket
What is a dislocation?
Tests for uneven hips by examining how the patient stands
What is the Trendelenburg Test?
The condition that causes short leg gait
What is leg length discrepency?
The medical study of ROM
What is Goniometry?
The superior part of the femur
What is the Greater Trochanter?
Friction on the lateral side of the leg leads to this injury
What is IT Band Syndrome?
The test for hip flexor & quad tightness
What is the Thomas Test?
When the foot is floppy and cannot dorsiflex
What is Steppage Gait?
What is Abduction?
The lowest part of the pelvis, below the hip socket
What is the Ischium?
When bone forms inside muscle tissues
What is myositis ossificans?
When a patient lays on their side and the doctor compresses the hip bone
What is the Sacroiliac Distraction Test?
The first step of the gait process
What is Heel Strike?
When you move your knee away from the other and open up the hips
What is External Rotation?
The full term for ASIS
What is anterior superior iliac spine?
Swelling of the sac on the side of the hip from a hip injury
What is trochanteric bursitis?
The test for articular cartilage damage
What is the Scour Test?
The gait phase you spend 60% of the time in
What is the Stance Phase?
The three types of ROM include active, passive, and
What is resitive?