Stinchfield Test

Other Names

Resisted straight leg raise (Stinchfield test)

Clinical demonstration of the Stinchfield Test

• Straight Leg Raise Against Resistance
• Stinchfield Resisted Hip Flexion Test
• External Rotation Stinchfield Test
• Resisted Straight Leg Raise Test

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Purpose

• Evaluate the etiology of hip pain

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Description

• The patient is supine
• Examiner asks patient to raise their leg, flexed 20-45° off the table with the knee in extension
• Examiner applies one hand on the anterior thigh, forcing it back down against the exam table
• Positive test
  • Anterior hip or groin pain

Modification

• The test can be performed with the leg in slight external rotation

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Pathology

• Athletic Pubalgia
• Slipped Capital Femoral Epiphysis
• Femoral Acetabular Impingement
• Hip Osteoarthritis
• Acetabular Labrum Tear
• Snapping Hip Syndrome

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Evidence

• Unknown

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See Also

• Hip Pain (Main)
• Physical Exam Hip

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