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Table 1.
Clinical features of gluteal muscle contracture.
| Symptoms | History of repeated intramuscular injections into the buttocks |
| Abduction and external rotation with limited flexion and adduction of affected hip | |
| Unable to bring knees together during squatting, sits in frog-leg position | |
| Out-toeing gait/cannot walk in straight line | |
| Snapping sound while squatting | |
| Unable to cross or overlap legs | |
| Knee crepitus | |
| Anterior knee pain | |
| Signs | Ober’s sign positive |
| Active flexion test positive | |
| Reverse Ober’s sign positive | |
| Palpable snapping sound while squatting | |
| Pelvic tilt toward severe side | |
| Compensatory scoliosis | |
| Apparent leg length discrepancy (affected leg looks longer) | |
| Flattened or cone-shaped buttock | |
| Dimpling of skin in the buttock area |
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