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Soft tissue palpation

Authoring team

Soft tissue palpation of the hip has been arbitrarily divided into regions:

  • femoral triangle
  • greater trochanter
  • sciatic nerve
  • iliac crest
  • hip muscle groups

The examiner must endeavour to palpate all of these regions.


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