Gaenslen's test

Indications

• evaluation of sacroiliitis

Procedure

• in the supine position, the patient holds one knee & hip flexed towards the chest, the other leg hangs over the edge of the examining table
  • this flexes the hip joint on one side & extends it on the other
• the examiner presses down on the knee hanging over the examining table to hyperextend the hip & produce pain in the sacroiliac joint

More general terms

• maneuver

Additional terms

• sacroiliitis