Freibergs Sign

Other Names

• Freiberg's Test
• Freiberg's Sign

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Purpose

Freiberg's Sign

• Evaluate the Piriformis Muscle

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Description

• The patient is prone
• The examiner passively extends the patients hip and internally rotates it
• Positive test
  • Recreation of pain
  • Compression of sciatic nerve with radicular features

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Pathology

• Piriformis Syndrome

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Evidence

Piriformis Syndrome

• Positive in up to 63% of patients

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See Also

• Hip Pain (Main)
• Physical Exam Hip
• Osteoarthritis (Main)

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