Sacroiliac joint injections and radiofrequency ablation for pain management: A clinical review

Figure 3 Clinical provocative tests for the assessment of sacroiliac joint pain[17]. These tests are most commonly used physical examination tests designed to reproduce pain arising from the SI joint with the application of controlled mechanical stress across the joint. A: Flexion-abduction-external-rotation test; B: Gaenslen test; C: Gaenslen test (modified); D: Thigh thrust; E: Compression test; F: Distraction test. Citations: Buchanan P, Vodapally S, Lee DW, Hagedorn JM, Bovinet C, Strand N, Sayed D, Deer T. Successful Diagnosis of Sacroiliac Joint Dysfunction. J Pain Res 2021; 14: 3135-3143. Copyright ©The author(s) 2021. Published by Dove Medical Press. The article is open access (Supplementary material).