Gaenslens Test

Other Names

• Gaenslen Test
• Gaenslen's Maneuver
• Gaenslen's Test
• Pelvic Torsion Test

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Purpose

Demonstration of Gaenslen's test

• Evaluate the Lumbar Spine and Sacroiliac Joint

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Description

• The patient is in the supine position on the examination table
• The examiner passively flexes the asymptomatic hip and knee to the the patients chest
• The patient holds their unaffected limb in this position with their hands
• The symptomatic leg then hangs off the examination table into hyperextension
• The examiner applies a posterior force on the hyperextended leg
• A positive test
  • Reproduction of their pain

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Pathology

• Sacroiliac Joint Pain
• Hip
• Pubic Symphysis
• L4 Nerve Root
• Sacral Stress Fracture

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Evidence

• Unknown

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See Also

• Back Pain (Main)
• Physical Exam Back
• Back Anatomy (Main)

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