Arthroscopic treatment of common hip problem improves range of motion (Hospital for Special Surgery)
Successful Hip Impingement Arthroscopic Surgery (OTW)
Trends to Watch in Orthopedic Medicine
Arthroscopic treatment of a common hip problem that leads to arthritis is successful in terms of restoring range of motion, according to results from a recent Hospital for Special Surgery study. The study will be presented at the annual meeting of the American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine, held July 7-11 in San Diego.
"This is the first study to show that in patients who are being treated for hip impingement with arthroscopy, not only do we restore their mechanical measurements, but by doing so, we have improved their functional range of motion across the joint," said Bryan T. Kelly, M.D., co-director of the Center for Hip Pain and Preservation at Hospital for Special Surgery in New York.
This study received the 2011 Excellence in Research Award from the American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine.
In recent years, a hip condition known as femoro-acetabular impingement (FAI) or hip impingement has become widely recognized as one of the most common causes of early osteoarthri...
