Determining Trendelenburg test validity and reliability using 3-dimensional motion analysis and muscle dynamometry

ConclusionsThis study found no significant relationship between normalised peak isometric and isokinetic hip abductor torque and frontal plane pelvic motion during the Trendelenburg test in a healthy young adult population. There was also poor agreement between the practitioner and pelvic motion assessments. Caution should be used when using this test, in the absence of intra-articular hip pathology, to assesses hip abductor weakness. Before any definitive conclusion can be made, studies with a larger sample size should be performed.
Source: Chiropractic and Manual Therapies - Category: Complementary Medicine Source Type: research