Execution:
- Have the patient lie on the unaffected side with the hips flexed to around 60° and the knees together
- The examiner palpates the structures around the greater trochanter in a clockwise manner
Positive Outcome: Reproduction of the patient’s lateral hip pain of at least 2/10 on the NPRS at the insertion of the gluteus medius and/or gluteaus minimus tendons
|
Study |
Reliability | Sn | Sp | LR+ | LR- |
| Grimaldi et al. (2017) | NA | 80 | 46 | 1.5 |
0.43 |
| Ganderton et al. (2017) | NA | 85.7 | 61.1 | 2.2 |
0.2 |
| Comment: The test appears to have at least moderate clinical value in excluding GTPS | |||||
