Conservative Treatment for Mild Femoroacetabular Impingement

Conservative treatment for mild femoroacetabular impingement.

PURPOSE To report early results of conservative treatments (including modifications in activities of daily living) for mild femoroacetabular impingement. METHODS 27 male and 10 female athletic patients aged 23 to 47 years presented with unilateral hip pain secondary to femoroacetabular impingement and an alpha angle of <60 degrees. Patients were instructed to adapt to their safe range of move...

Femoroacetabular Impingement Syndrome Treatment

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Arthroscopic treatment of femoroacetabular impingement.

The etiology of degenerative joint disease of the hip remains unsolved. A precursor for some patients, especially younger ones, may be hip impingement. Repetitive microtrauma at maximal flexion can cause chronic pain from the abutment at the femoral head-neck junction caused by an abnormal offset. Chronic impingement from an aspherical head can lead to degenerative labral tears and acetabular c...

Arthroscopic treatment of femoroacetabular impingement.

Femoroacetabular Impingement

Hip and groin pain has, for many years, been a difficult diagnostic challenge. In the past decade there has been increased focus on femoroacetabular impingement (FAI) as a cause. FAI is now considered by many as a primary cause of hip joint degeneration. Our appreciation and understanding of FAI is currently increasing at an exponential rate. In this paper we review FAI as a pathology and revie...