Monday, January 28, 2013

Compression Test

Patient/Therapist Position: Patient positioned sideline (suspected side up), hips flexed at 60 degrees, knees flexed at 90 degrees. Therapist is positioned behind the patient and places both hands on ilium.

Procedure: Therapist applies direct force in downward and anterior direction at the same time.

Interpretation: + with local SI Joint pain on suspected side

Statistics: Sensitivity .69, Specificity .93, +LR 1.37, -LR .46  

  


References:
  
   Szadek, K et al, : Diagnostic Validity of Criteria for Sacroiliac Joint Pain: A Systematic Review. The Journal of Pain, Vol 10, No 4 (April), 2009: pp 354-368 

  Ozgocmen s. et al, : The value of sacroiliac pain provocation tests in early active sacroiliitis. Clin Rheumatol (2008) 27:1275–1282 DOI 10.1007/s10067-008 0907-z
 
Posted by at

2 comments:

  1. UnknownMarch 13, 2015 at 10:55 PM


    Very interesting story. I didn't find it boring to read. In fact, I really had a lot of fun reading your post. Thanks.

    Bob
    www.gofastek.com

    ReplyDelete
  2. UnknownMarch 27, 2019 at 11:35 AM

    Thank you. . Very helpful

    ReplyDelete

Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom)