Patrick test

Patrick test
(for arthritis of the hip) with the patient supine, the thigh and knee are flexed and the external malleolus is placed over the patella of the opposite leg; the knee is depressed, and if pain is produced, arthritis of the hip is indicated. Patrick called this test fabere sign, from the initial letters of movements that are necessary to elicit it, namely, flexion, abduction, external rotation, extension.

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