Resisted Adduction Sit Up Test
Other Names
- Resisted adduction sit-up test (RASUT)
- Resisted Adduction Sit Up Test
- Adduction Sit-Up Test
- Resisted Adductor Sit-Up Test
- Resisted Adduction and Sit-Up Test
Purpose
- Used to help distinguish between hip and pelvic pathology in patients presenting with groin pain
Description
- Patients lay supine
- Knees flexed to 90◦, feet flat on the exam table
- The examiner placed his forearm between the patient’s knees
- Patient is instructed to squeeze the knees together while executing a sit up
- Positive Test
- Reproduction of groin or lower abdominal pain during the combined maneuver.
- Pain near the pubic tubercle or lower abdominal wall is more suggestive of Athletic Pubalgia.
- Pain isolated to the proximal adductor origin is more consistent with Adductor-Related Groin Pain.
Pathology
- Core Muscle Injury
- Athletic Pubalgia
- Groin Pain Main
- Adductor Longus Tendinopathy
- Adductor Muscle Strain
- Osteitis Pubis
- Pubic Symphysis Instability
- Groin Pain
Evidence
- Galano et al[2]
- Sensitivity: 78%
- Specificity: 88%
See Also
References
- ↑ Galano, Gregory J., et al. "Resisted adduction sit-up test (RASUT) as a screening tool for pelvic versus hip pathology." Journal of Hip Preservation Surgery 8.4 (2021): 331-336.
- ↑ Galano, Gregory J., et al. "Resisted adduction sit-up test (RASUT) as a screening tool for pelvic versus hip pathology." Journal of Hip Preservation Surgery 8.4 (2021): 331-336.
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John Kiel on 16 May 2023 16:25:19
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