The e-Quadrant Test For Telemedicine Assessment Of Symptomatic Articular Hip Pathology

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Weinrauch, Patrick
Quach, Lucian
Smith, Ian
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2015
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We present a useful physical examination test for the clinical evaluation of symptomatic hip pathology that can be administered by telemedicine video conferencing. The basis of the e-Quadrant test is the reproduction of a patient’s typical symptoms of mid-inguinal groin discomfort when the hip is positioned into deep flexion when combined with adduction and internal rotation. Evaluated by randomized controlled trial, the sensitivity of the e-Quadrant test was demonstrated as 87% with a specificity of 79% and an overall accuracy of 82%. In practice, the e-Quadrant test is intended to be an adjunct to a comprehensive clinical evaluation, considering also other relevant information obtained from the patient’s presenting history, radiology imaging and pathology testing as well as other physical examination tests where required.

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International Journal of Advanced Joint Reconstruction

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2

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Copyright © 2015 P. Weinrauch. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License (CC-BY-NC), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

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