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Resisted Bilateral Adductor Test

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Other Names

Demonstration of Resisted Bilateral Adductor Test[1]
Demonstration of the bilateral adductor test[2]
  • Resisted Bilateral Adductor Test
  • Bilateral Adductor Test

Purpose

  • To evaluate the cause of a patients groin pain

Description

  • The patient is supine
  • Examiner’s hands on bilateral knees medially or bilateral ankles laterally
  • Patient adducts against resistance
  • Positive test
    • Pain in groin
    • Anterior pubic area at adductor origin site

Pathology

Evidence

  • Verrall et al[2]
    • Sensitivity: 54-65%
    • Specificity: 92-95%
    • PPV: 86-93%
    • NPV: 21-34%

See Also

References

  1. ↑ Safran, M. "Evaluation of the painful hip in tennis players." Aspetar Sports Med J 3 (2014): 516-525.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 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 08:11:31
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