TESTS FOR SACROILIAC JOINT DYSFYNCTION
· PROVOCATION TESTS 1. GAENSLEN’S TEST: The gaenslen’s test stresses the sacroiliac joint, increased pain on the joint while performing the test is indicative of the sacroiliac joint dysfunction. - The patient in lying on the couch in a side lying position with the affected leg hyperextended (hanging outside the couch). Patient flexes the other leg and holds knee to chest. The therapist stabilizes the pelvis while the extending the hip by holding it from distal thigh. The pain in the sacroiliac joint may be caused due to a sacroiliac joint pathology, lesion or dysfunction. - The patient is lying supine (this position limits the amount of hyperextension at the hip) the affected leg is hanging out of the couch, the therapist puts one hand on the hyperextended leg from distal thi...