Yeoman Test

What is the "Yeoman Test" used for?

• Yeoman Test is used to assess sacroiliac joint pain.

How to perform the "Yeoman Test"?

• The patient is prone with the knee flexed 90°.
• The examiner raises the flexed leg on the examining table, hyperextending the hip.

What is the positive result?

• The first part of this test initially places stress on the posterior structures of the sacroiliac joint; later the stress shifts to the anterior portions, primarily affecting the anterior sacroiliac ligaments.
• Pain in the lumbar spine suggests the presence of pathologic processes at that site.
• Anterior thigh paresthesia may indicate a femoral nerve stretch.

Test Accuracy

• Sensitivity: 93 %
• Specificity:  89 %

References

• Clinical Tests for the Musculoskeletal 3rd Ed. Book