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When pain in the hip is diagnosed, the surgeon will base the diagnose on data obtained from clinical and X-ray assessments. X-ray is the best way to diagnose or confirm the trendelenburg pathology. The test is positive, when there is a drop of the hip or a downwards tilt of the pelvis. The test is negative when the hip of the leg that is lifted, will also go up i.e., hiking of hip or the pelvis tilts upwards. The therapist can use this test when there is no X-ray taken but there are signs of trendelenburg. The Trendelenburg sign determines the integrity of hip abductor muscle function.
This weakness could be due to superior gluteal nerve damage or in 5th lumbar spine lesion. The trendelenburg gait is caused by a unilateral weakness of the hip abductors, mostly the gluteal musculature. 4 Characteristics/Clinical Presentationĭefinition/ Description:.