Execution:
- Have the patient in supine position
- The examiner flexes the patient’s hip to 90°, adducts the hip and adds external rotation of the hip to end-range
- The examiner asks the patient to perform internal rotation of the hip against the examiner’s resistance
Positive Outcome: Reproduction of the patient’s lateral hip pain in the region of the greater trochanter of at least 2/10 on the NPRS
|
Study |
Reliability | Sn | Sp | LR+ | LR- |
| Grimaldi et al. (2017): FADER | NA | 30 | 86.7 | 2.25 |
0.8 |
| Grimaldi et al. (2017): FADER-R | NA | 44 | 93 | 6.6 |
0.6 |
| Ganderton et al. (2017) | NA | 39.2 | 94.4 | 7.1 |
0.6 |
| Comment: The FADER Test should be used with resistance in order to help in the confirmation of the diagnosis of GTPS. | |||||
