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title: Faber Test
type: examination
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created: 2026-04-05T21:30
updated: 2026-04-05T21:41
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# Summary

## Overview
- Orthopaedic clinical examination technique used to assess sacroiliac and hip joint pathology [^1]

## Instructions
1. Have the patient lying supine on a bed
2. Place the knee and hip into flexion
3. Place the foot on the opposite knee
4. Allow the knee to fall outwards → abducting the leg and externally rotating the hip
5. While stabilising the hip (holding the opposite side down to avoid pelvic tilt), the examiner should apply force downward on the knee
6. Assess the other side for comparison

## Findings 
- Pain on downward knee pressure can indicate various things:
	- Groin pain may indicate acetabular labral tears, hip osteoarthritis or femoroacetabular impingement
	- Posterior pelvic pain may indicate [[Ankylosing Spondylitis|ankylosing spondylitis]] or SI joint dysfunction

## Diagrams 
![[Ankylosing Spondylitis - Faber Test.png]]![[Empty.png]]

[^1]: Physiopedia - Faber Test (https://www.physio-pedia.com/FABER_Test)
