Checklist
Wash hands, introduce yourself, consent patient.
HIP
- LOOK
- Gait
- Valgus/Varus and pes planus
- Muscle bulk
- Movement aids required
- Scars
- FEEL
- Temperature
- Muscle bulk – quadriceps, hamstring
- Tenderness over bony prominences and joint lines
- Crepitus
- Prepatellar effusions
- MOVE
- Measure ROM of active, then passive movement
- Flexion/Extension (-5 to 150 degrees)
- Power
- Flexion/Extension
- Measure ROM of active, then passive movement
- SPECIAL
- Posterior sag – ACL
- Anterior and posterior draw – ACL and PCL
- MCL and LCL integrity
- McMurray’s – meniscus tears
Omissions/Notes