Single Leg Stance Test
Other Names
- One Legged Stance Test
- SLS Test
- Fatigue Trendelenburg test
- Sustained single leg stance test
- Single Leg Stance Test
- Single-limb Stance Test
Purpose
- Evaluate the gluteal muscles, trochanteric bursa as a cause of hip pain
Description
- Physician asks patient to stand on ipsilateral leg for 30 seconds
- Positive test
- Reproduction of patients pain
- No hip drop should be present until patient fatigues
Pathology
Evidence
Greater Trochanteric Pain Syndrome
- When compared to MRI confirmed findings[3]
- Sensitivity: 38%
- Specificity: 100%
- PPV: 100%
- NPV: 32.6%
- LR+: 12.2
- LR-: 0.62
- Kinsella et al: Systematic Review, Meta Analysis[4]
- Sensitivity: 94%
- Specificity: 99%
- LR+: 87.75
- LR-: 0.07
- Diagnostic OR: 1354.81
See Also
References
- ↑ Picot, Brice, et al. "Which functional tests and self-reported questionnaires can help clinicians make valid return to sport decisions in patients with chronic ankle instability? A narrative review and expert opinion." Frontiers in sports and active living (2022): 198.
- ↑ Carroll, Lindsay A., et al. "The single leg squat test: a “top-down” or “bottom-up” functional performance test?." International journal of sports physical therapy 16.2 (2021): 360.
- ↑ Grimaldi A, Mellor R, Nicolson P, Hodges P, Bennell K, Vicenzino B. Utility of clinical tests to diagnose MRI-confirmed gluteal tendinopathy in patients presenting with lateral hip pain. Br J Sports Med. 2017;51(6):519-524. doi:10.1136/bjsports-2016-096175
- ↑ Kinsella, Rita, et al. "Diagnostic accuracy of clinical tests for assessing greater trochanteric pain syndrome: a systematic review with meta-analysis." Journal of Orthopaedic & Sports Physical Therapy 54.1 (2024): 26-49.
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John Kiel on 23 August 2020 19:38:20
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