Patrick's test
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fabere sign
[fah-bēr´](from the movements necessary to elicit it: flexion, abduction, external rotation, and extension) Patrick's test.
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Patrick's test
A clinical maneuver performed on a supine Pt, in which the hip and knee are flexed and the external malleolus is placed on the patella of the opposite leg; pain in the hip evoked by pressure on the knee is presumptive evidence of sacroiliac diseaseMcGraw-Hill Concise Dictionary of Modern Medicine. © 2002 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.