Exam 16: Screening the Lower Quadrant: Buttock, Hip, Groin, Thigh, and Leg

Back and thigh pain, a positive reversed straight leg raise test, and depressed knee reflex are all signs and symptoms of lumbar disk herniation. Which of the following levels is most likely involved when all three of these components are positive during an examination?

Of the choices provided where does ureteral pain usually occur?

Articular hip pain is usually not felt where?

Why will patients with lumbar stenosis complain of more pain in standing and walking?

What muscle is commonly involved if there is an infection in the groin?

What disease arises in the lymph glands and is most commonly found on the single side of a neck or groin?

A combination of which of the following motions is considered a positive impingement sign of the hip?

Meralgia paresthetica involves compression of what nerve?

The physical therapist begins an examination of a patient with complaints of hip pain. During the examination the therapist finds a noncapsular pattern of restricted hip range of motion. What information does this convey to the physical therapist?

Hip pain referred from the upper lumbar vertebrae will usually be felt where?

What muscles are involved in a sports or athletic hernia?

What symptom of sciatica would lead the therapist to believe that disk herniation is the cause of the pain?

What is the most common sign of cancer metastasis to the foot?

What gait patterns are common with intraarticular hip pain?

What is the most common site for avascular osteonecrosis?

The absence of a cremasteric reflex is an indication of dysfunction at what spinal level?