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Manual Muscle Testing: Hip Abduction

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Muscles Involved:[edit | edit source]

Gluteus Medius

Gluteus minimus

Patient Positioning[edit | edit source]

Grades 3 to 5 - Patient in side lying with test side up
Grades 0-2 - Patient is supine (gravity eliminated)

Joint start Position[edit | edit source]

Hip adduction, top thigh against bottom thigh in side lying position or thighs together in supine.

Therapist Position[edit | edit source]

Therapist stands behind patient in side lying or on test side in supine
Provide stabilization at the pelvis in side lying
Palpation over hip abductors in supine.

To Test[edit | edit source]

Patient actively abducts the hip
For grades 4 and 5 provide resistance over lateral knee in the direction opposite to abduction^[1]

References[edit | edit source]

↑ Hislop H, Avers D, Brown M. Daniels and Worthingham's muscle Testing-E-Book: Techniques of manual examination and performance testing. Elsevier Health Sciences; 2013 Sep 27.

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