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Scour Test

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Scour Test
Demonstration of the scour test[1]
Hip Scour Test[2]
  • Quadrant Scour Test
  • Scour Test
  • Hip Quadrant Test
  • Hip Scour Test

Purpose

  • Evaluate the hip for etiology of pain

Description

  • Patient is supine on the examination table
  • Examiner flexs hip and knee
  • Passively move hip through an arc of motion incorporating hip flexion/adduction and extension/abduction
  • A posterior compressive force is applied and maintained through adduction and abduction
  • Positive test
    • Pain worse than when they presented

Pathology

Evidence

  • Unknown

See Also

References

  1. ↑ Image courtesy of iortho.xyz, "Hip Labral Tests"
  2. ↑ Cook, Kyle M., and Bryan C. Heiderscheit. "Conservative management of a young adult with hip arthrosis." journal of orthopaedic & sports physical therapy 39.12 (2009): 858-866.
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John Kiel on 27 July 2019 20:15:46
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