Internal Rotation of the Hip

Internal Rotation of the Hip – Physical Examination Video

The video begins with a black screen and the words Chronic Pain Management Guide: Physical Examination. Veterans Affairs, Veterans Health Administration logo are displayed on the top. White text displays the title of the video: Internal Rotation of the hop. Test for hip OA. Compare sides. The text fades and more text appears, Position 1: Prone. Internal Rotation of the hip. The text fades to show two people in an examination room. The patient is laying on an examination bed, face down. The doctor is standing next to the bed, close to her calves and feet. The woman is directed to raise her left leg in a 90 degree angle. The doctor raises his hand to her ankle and holds a tool in his other hand to the bottom of her heal. The doctor slowly moves the patient leg outwards, and uses the tool to measure the degree of which the patient can move her leg. The scene fades to a black screen and text appears on the screen. Position 2: Supine. Internal Rotation of the hip. The black screen fades and the scene returns to the doctor and patient in the examination room. The doctor raises he hands to the patients left leg and bends the leg at the knee. The doctor then pulls the leg outwards. The scene fades to a black screen and text appears on the screen. Position 3: Sitting. Internal Rotation of the hip. The black screen fades to show a close-up view of the patient and doctor. The patient is sitting on the bed and the doctor is kneeling on one knee. He places a towel under the patient’s knee. The doctor then holds a tool on her knee and holds the foot and moves the leg from right to left. The screen fades to black and VA U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs Veterans Health Administration logo appears.