Palpation, the manual exploration of anatomical structures using the hands, remains a cornerstone of spinal examination across medical and allied health disciplines. In spinal assessment, clinicians ...

Introduction Gluteal tendinopathy (GT) has been increasingly recognised as a source of lateral hip pain. Soft tissue pathology at the greater trochanter may co-exist with, or mimic referred pain from ...

Background—Palpation is an important clinical test for jumper's knee. Methods—In 326 junior symptomatic and asymptomatic athletes' tendons, palpation was performed by a single examiner before ...