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Craig's Test

Examination type Postural Assessment
Patient & Body Segment Positioning lying prone with knee flexed at 90 degrees
Examiner Position standing on affected side of patient
Tissues Being Tested The degree of forward projection of the femoral neck from the coronal plane of the shaft.
Performing the Test Examiner palpates the posterior aspect of the greater trochanter The therapist positions the lower extremity at the point in which the greater trochanter is most prominent laterally (determined by internally or externally rotating the femur). Using a goniometer with the stationery arm perpendicular to the floor (representative of the femoral neck axis) and the moving arm in line with the shaft of the tibia (representative of the line between the femoral condyles) the therapist can determine the angle of torsion. The degree of anteversion can then be estimated, based on the lower leg's angle with the vertical.
Positive Test If measures femoral anteversion or forward torsion of the femoral neck.
Interpretation Decreases with age from about 300 at birth to about 80 to 150 at adulthood. Increased anteversion leads to squinting patellae & pigeon toed walking. Twice as common in girls. Common to also find excessive hip internal rotation (>600) & decreased external rotation.
Common errors in performing exam  
Factors possibly resulting in misinterpretation If neurological signs (i.e., pain, paresthesia) occur during test, consider pathology affecting the femoral nerve.  Also, if tenderness over the greater trochanter exists, consider possible trochanteric bursitis.
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