Draping – both of the patient's hips should be exposed so that the quadriceps muscles and greater trochanter can be assessed.
Look Front and back of pelvis/hips and legs and comment on Feel Move· Gait: Observe Abnormal Gait Patterns The hip should be examined for: In hip fractures the affected leg is often shortened and externally rotated.
To perform the Kaltenborn test, the patient has to lie in a lateral, neutral position with the affected leg being on top.
The examiner then positions one arm under this leg to have good hold and control over the relaxed extremity, whereas the other hand stabilizes the pelvis.
The next step is to passively extend to 10° in the hip, abduct to 20° and rotate internally as far as possible, while the knee remains in a flexed position of 45°.