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    of Examinations
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       - upper limb
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    • Past pointing test
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    • Proprioceptive Movement
       Test
    • Proprioceptive Space Test
  • Cervical Spine
    • Spurling's Test
    • Distraction
    • Quandrant
    • Tinels' Sign
  • Thoracic Spine
    • Sagittal Plane ROM Test
    • Frontal Plane ROM Test
    • Transverse Plane ROM Test
  • Lumbar Spine
    • Straight Leg Raise Test
    • Sciatic Nerve Palpation Test
    • Bowstring Test
    • Slump Test
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    • Apley Scratch Test
    • Apprehension Test
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    • Anterior Instability Test
    • Anterior/Posterior Translation
       Test
    • Sulcus Sign
    • Posterior G-H Instability Test
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      Impingement Test
    • Empty Can Test
    • Internal Rotation Strength
      Test
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      Test
    • Glenoid Labrum Clunk Test
    • Andrews Anterior Instability
      Test
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    • Prone Posterior Instability 
      Test
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    • Load & Shift Test
    • Acromioclavicular Joint
      Stability Test
    • Cross Chest 
      (Horizontal Adduction) Test
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      Integrity Test
    • Speed's Test
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  • Elbow & Radioulnar
    • Valgus Test 00
    • Valgus Test 300
    • Valgus Test 900
    • Miking Sig
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       Stress Test
    • Varus Test 00
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    • Tinel Sign
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    • Cozen Test
    • Mills Test
    • Distal Radioulnar Instability 
      Test
  • Wrist
    • Finkelstein's Test
    • Anatomical Snuff Box
      Compression Test
    • Phalen's Test or Wrist Press 
      Test
    • Tinel Sign
  • Hand & Fingers
    • Murphy's Signr
    • Boutonniere Deformity Test
    • Mallet Finger Test
    • Flexor Digitorum Superficialis
       Test
    • Flexor Digitorum Profundus
       Test
    • Gamekeeper's Thumb Test
    • MCP Radial Collateral 
      Ligament Stress Test
    • MCP Ulnar Collateral 
      Ligament Stress Test
    • PIP Radial Collateral 
      Ligament Stress Test
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      Ligament Stress Test
    • DIP Radial Collateral 
      Ligament Stress Test
    • DIP Ulnar Collateral 
      Ligament Stress Test
    • Bunnel-Littler Test
    • Retinacular Test
    • Allen Test
  • Sacroiliac Joint
    • Ipsilateral Prone Kinetic Test
    • FABER Test
    • Passive Extension & Internal 
      Rotation of Ilium on Sacrum
    • Passive Flexion & External 
      Rotation of Ilium on Sacrum
    • Passive External Rotation 
      of Hip
    • Pelvic Rocking Test
    • Gapping Test
    • Prone Gapping (Hibb's) Test
    • Approximation Test
    • Squish Test
      Sacroiliac Rocking Test
    • Sacral Apex Pressure Test
    • Torsion Stress Test
    • Femoral Shear Test
    • Superoinferior Symphysis
      Pubic Stress Test
    • Piedallu's Sign
    • Flamingo Maneuver or Test
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    • Mazion's Pelvic Maneuver
    • Yeoman's Test
    • Sit-up Test
  • Hip & Thigh
    • Scouring (Quandrant) Test
    • FABER Test
    • Trendelenburg Test
    • Craig's Test
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    • Stinchfield Test
    • Thomas Test
    • Pirifomis Test
    • Sign of the Buttock
    • Ely's Test
    • Hamstring Contracture Test 1
    • Tripod Test
    • 90-90 Straight Leg Test
    • Phelp's Test
  • Knee
    • Gravity Sign
    • Active Posterior/Anterior 
      Drawer Test
    • Posterolateral Drawer Test
    • Lachman
      • Tradiional
      • Thigh Assisted
      • Drop Leg
      • Table Side
      • Table End
      • Prone
      • Active
    • Posterolateral Drawer Test
    • Figure 4 Palpation
    • McMurray's Test
    • Apley's Grind Test
    • Lateral Compression Test
    • Medial Compression Test
    • Jerk Test of Hughston
    • Pivot Shift Test
    • External Rotation 
      Recurvatum Test
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  • Lower Leg
  • Ankle
  • Foot
    • Morton Test
    •  
  • Range of Motion
  • Goniometry
  • Manual Muscle Testing
  • Reflexes
  • Vital Signs
  • Body Composition

 

Ober's Test

Examination type Flexability
Patient & Body Segment Positioning Side lying towards the edge of the table with lower leg flexed at the hip and the knee for stability
Examiner Position Behind patient.  Right hand stabilizing the pelvis. Left hand grasping the knee while supporting the lower leg with forearm.
Tissues Being Tested Iliotibial Band, Tensor Fasciae Latae
Performing the Test Examiner passively abducts and extends the patient's upper leg with the knee flexed to 900.   Examiner slowly lowers the upper limb and watches for returning of upper leg to the table.
Positive Test If upper leg remains abducted and does not fall to the table
Interpretation Contracture, tightness of the Iliotibial Band/Tensor Fasciae Latae
Common errors in performing exam Not extending the hip and/or stabilizing the pelvis.
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.
Related tests  
References Bernier, Julie N. Quick Reference Dictionary for Athletic Training. SLACK Incorporated 2002.
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