Adductor Squeeze Test
Other Names
- Adductor Squeeze Test
- Squeeze Test of the Hip
- Squeeze test
- Adductor Strength Test
- Adductor Compression Test
- Groin Squeeze Test
- Adductor Muscle Test
Purpose
- To evaluate the cause of a patients groin pain by recruiting the Adductor Muscles
Description
- The patient is supine
- Hips flexed to 45° & knees flexed 90°
- Examiner’s fist between knees
- Patient squeezes fist with adduction
- Positive test
- Pain in anterior groin
- Pubic origin site of adductor muscles
Modification
- A blood pressure cuff can be used instead of the examiners hand to quantify the results
Pathology
- Sports Hernia (Athletic Pubalgia)
- Adductor Tendinopathy
- Osteitis Pubis
Evidence
Sports Related Chronic Groin Pain
- Verrall et al[4]
- Sensitivity: 40-49%
- Specificity: 88-91%
- PPV: 75-83%
- NPV: 29-43%
See Also
References
- ↑ Image courtesy of Witchita PT on youtube: https://youtube/GwxrgZ_XgOU
- ↑ Kraeutler, Matthew J., et al. "A proposed algorithm for the treatment of core muscle injuries." Journal of Hip Preservation Surgery (2021).
- ↑ Luís, André Almeida. Youth football injury epidemiology: a prospective study on workload and musculoskeletal risk factors. MS thesis. Universidade de Lisboa (Portugal), 2021.
- ↑ Verrall, Geoffrey M., et al. "Description of pain provocation tests used for the diagnosis of sports‐related chronic groin pain: relationship of tests to defined clinical (pain and tenderness) and MRI (pubic bone marrow oedema) criteria." Scandinavian journal of medicine & science in sports 15.1 (2005): 36-42.
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John Kiel on 10 April 2022 08:11:54
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