The only part of the test that the authors identified to be useful is called the "Barlow/Ortolani maneuver." The authors concluded that other parts of the test, including limited hip abduction and ...

External flexion and abduction reduces the femoral head into the acetabulum. The Ortolani maneuver elicits a distinctive clunking sensation with the reduction of a dislocatable or dislocated hip.

Practice is required to distinguish the characteristic low-pitched clunk, indicating a positive Ortolani or Barlow's maneuver, from a number of higher pitched clicks that can be elicited with ...