HEER Test
Other Names
- HEER Test
- Hyperextension-External Rotation test
- Anterior apprehension test
- Hip Extension–External Rotation Maneuver
- Hip Microinstability HEER Maneuver
- HEER Maneuver
- Hip Microinstability Provocation Test
Purpose
- To evaluate the hip joint for causes of the patients pain
Description
- The patient is supine
- Both legs are hanging off the end of the examination table
- The contralateral/ unaffected hip is flexed up to the chest by the patient
- The ipsilateral hip is hyperextended and externally rotated
- Positive test
- Reproduction of the patients pain
Pathology
Evidence
- Hoppe et al[1]
- Sensitivity: 71%
- Specificity: 85%
- Likelihood Ratio: 4.8
See Also
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Hoppe, Daniel J., et al. "Diagnostic accuracy of 3 physical examination tests in the assessment of hip microinstability." Orthopaedic journal of sports medicine 5.11 (2017): 2325967117740121.
- ↑ Wong, Stephanie E., Charles J. Cogan, and Alan L. Zhang. "Physical examination of the hip: assessment of femoroacetabular impingement, labral pathology, and microinstability." Current Reviews in Musculoskeletal Medicine 15.2 (2022): 38-52.
- ↑ Im, Gun Il, et al. "Evaluation of the Hip." The Journal of the Korean Hip Society 21.2 (2009): 107-115.
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John Kiel on 28 April 2025 21:31:29
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