A comprehensive clinical examination is the basis for selecting further diagnostic steps:
- General physical examination – including blood pressure, pulse, body temperature, body weight, body height; further:
- Inspection (viewing).
- Skin (normal: intact; abrasions/wounds, redness, hematomas (bruises), scars) and mucous membranes.
- Gait (fluid, limping).
- Body or joint posture (upright, bent, gentle posture).
- Malpositions [deformities, contractures, shortenings].
- Palpation (palpation) of the symphysis or pubic branches [tenderness?]
- Functional test: symphysis slack test: pain provocation during isometric tension of the adductors against resistance:If pain is indicated, this is called a positive symphysis slack test.
- Health check
Square brackets [ ] indicate possible pathological (pathological) physical findings.
