HIP

Question 1

What is the sign of the buttock test used for?

Answer 1

• is the patient’s pain from the buttock or referred from the back or SI nerve
• SLR is completed to resistance, then knee is flexed and hip flexion from there is assessed
• if the hip flexion does not increase, then it is considered to be a gluteal pathology

Question 2

What conditions would yield a positive sign of the buttock test?

Answer 2

gluteal bursitis, abscess, tightness of glute max, and tightness of posterior capsule