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Set-Up:
- Grasp dowel with hand in lower back and hand behind neck
- Perform a hip hinge with a dowel against your back to full flexion and extend back to standing.
- The dowel must touch your tailbone (coccyx), hand against lower back, dowel touches upper back, hand behind neck, and dowel touches head throughout the entire movement. Record angle where any contact point is lost.
Scoring:
3 – Client is able to achieve >60° hip flexion with dowel remaining in contact at all points.
2 – Client able to achieve 45-60° hip flexion before dowel loses contact.
1 – Back rounds or dowel loses contact before client achieves 45° hip flexion.
0 – Client unable to hinge OR pain occurs
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