Execution:
- The patient lies on the unaffected side
- The examiner passively abducts the patient’s hip to 30-45°, extends and externally rotates it, while an anteriorly directed force is applied to the trochanter with the other hand
Positive Outcome: Reproduction of anterior hip pain is consistent with a positive test result for instability
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Study |
Reliability | Sn | Sp | LR+ | LR- |
| Hoppe et al. (2017) | NA | 80.6 | 89.4 | 7.6 |
0.22 |
| Comment: The AB-HEER Test seems to be a good test to confirm and exclude hip microinstability. However, further validation studies are needed to confirm these findings. | |||||
