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Resisted Cross Body Sit Up Test

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Resisted Cross Body Sit Up Test

Demonstration of the Resisted Cross Body Sit Up Test[1]
  • Resisted Cross Body Sit Up Test
  • Resisted Cross-Body Sit-Up Test
  • Cross-Body Resisted Sit-Up Test
  • Cross-Body Sit-Up Test
  • Resisted Rotational Sit-Up Test
  • Rotational Resisted Sit-Up Test
  • Oblique Sit-Up Test
  • Resisted Oblique Sit-Up Test

Purpose

  • To evaluate the cause of the patients groin pain

Description

  • The patient is supine
  • The examiner places the leg of the affected side into a figure four position
  • One hand is placed on the patient’s contralateral shoulder and one on the ipsilateral knee
  • The patient is instructed to bring the contralateral shoulder to the knee on the affected side against the examiner’s resistance
    • So as to perform a cross-body sit-up.
  • Positive test:
    • Pubic or groin pain

Pathology

Evidence

Athletic Pubalgia

  • Kurowicki et al:[1]
    • Sensitivity: 100%
    • Specificty: 3%
    • PPV: 52%:
    • NPV: 100%

See Also

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Kurowicki, Jennifer, et al. "Diagnostic accuracy of physical examination tests in core muscle injury." The American Journal of Sports Medicine 48.8 (2020): 1983-1988.
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John Kiel on 16 May 2023 16:49:22
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