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Flex, ADduct, & Internally Rotate (FADIR) test
Indications:
- hip pain
Procedure:
- Flex, ADduct, & Internally Rotate hip
- either hip is flexed, adducted & internally rotated with downward pressure to the knee reproducing the pain
Interpretation:
- restricted range of motion, mainly limitation of adduction & internal rotation are common with intra-articular hip disease
- pain in the buttocks & reduced active flexion also positive FADIR signs [1]
Related
Flex, ABduct, & Externally Rotate (FABER) test
General
maneuver
References
- Medical Knowledge Self Assessment Program (MKSAP) 19.
American College of Physicians, Philadelphia 2021