For the Hruska Adduction Lift Test, one thing I want to ask about is the patient to therapist size ratio. I’m a tall guy, when I perform this test, I really try to keep the upper leg at a “reasonable” height for the patient’s body. It also seems that the passive hip abduction test will highly correlate. Can you comment on this?
We are frequently asked this question in classes across the country. In short, the height of the examiner is not a significant issue up to a point. There appears to be range of tolerance with regard to ability to perform the test and the height of the examiner. Normal abduction is in the order of 45 degrees. If the examiners’ height takes the LE well-beyond 45 degrees then height might become an issue.
At that point, there are some options:
1. call in another examiner, or
2. use the Hruska Abduction Lift Test since there is a good correlation between the two
