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Femoroacetabular Impingement
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Other Names
- FAI
- Femoral Acetabular Impingement
Background
- This page refers to femoroacetabular impingement (FAI) of the hip
History
- Originally described by Ganz[1]
Epidemiology
- Challenging to estimate prevalence, incidence
- Radiographic and clinical findings do not always match up
- Frank et al estimates in asymptomatic individuals[2]
- Prevalence of cam deformity: general (23.1%), athletes (54.8%)
- Prevalence of pincer deformity: general (67%)
- In symptomatic individuals
Pathophysiology
- Dynamic phenomenon of unclear etiology that leads to hip joint damage
- Related to abnormal hip morphology, motion
- Exact etiology remains unclear
- Cam-type lesions (femoral head-neck junction)
- Refers to femoral head based pathology
- Cause impingement to due to abnormal shaped femoral head rotating within the acetabulum
- Particularly worse during forced flexion
- Produces shearing forces of the Acetabular Labrum, most commonly anterior-superior
- Worsened by by increased α angle
- Large cam lesions associated with increased acetabular cartilage, labral damage[5]
- More common in young, mostly male athletes
- Pincer-type lesions (acetabular rim)
- Characterized by acetabular overcoverage
- Can be described as local (acetabular retoversion) or global (coxa profunda or protrosio)[6]
- Impingement occurs due to abnormal contact of the acetabular rim, femoral head-neck junction
- Leads to labral injuries initially, subsequent chondral injuries
- More common in active, middle aged women
- Mixed pathology
- Combination of cam- and pincer-type deformity is most commonn[7]
- Can occur individually, but less commonly so
- Radiographic studies
- Murray et al: athletes participating in "aggressive athletic activities" at a younger age more likely to have proximal femoral deformities[8]
- Sienbrock et al: increased alpha angle on MRI of elite basketball players with open physes compared to controls[9]
- Agricola et al: Among adolescent soccer players, prevalence of cam lesion increased from 7.1% to 22.2%, and normal appearing head-neck junction decreased from 84.1% to 43.2% over 2.4 years of follow up[10]
- Developmental
- Sienbrock et al: physeal abnormalities could alter femoral head-neck relationship[11]
Associated Injuries
- Hip Osteoarthritis
- Acetabular Labrum Tear
- Childhood history of:
Pathoanatomy
- Hip Joint
- Acetabulum formed by confluence of ischium, ilium, pubic bones
- Femoral Head sits on neck, antiverted 15° in relation to femoral condyles
Risk Factors
Differential Diagnosis
- Fractures And Dislocations
- Arthropathies
- Muscle and Tendon Injuries
- Bursopathies
- Ligament Injuries
- Neuropathies
- Other
- Pediatric Pathology
- Transient Synovitis of the Hip
- Developmental Dysplasia of the Hip (DDH)
- Legg-Calve-Perthes Disease
- Slipped Capital Femoral Epiphysis (SCFE)
- Avulsion Fractures of the Ilium (Iliac Crest, ASIS, AIIS)
- Ischial Tuberostiy Avulsion Fracture
- Avulsion Fractures of the Trochanters (Greater, Lesser)
- Apophysitis of the Ilium (Iliac Crest, ASIS, AIIS)
Clinical Features
- History
- Inquire about prior trauma, previous hip pathology including Legg-Calve-Perthes Disease, Slipped Capital Femoral Epiphysis
- Characterize type, intensity and frequency of athletic activity
- Majority of patients endorse insidious onset related to activity[17]
- Groin pain is common in addition to hip pain
- Pain often worse with hip flexion, difficulty sitting
- Physical Exam: Physical Exam Hip
- Diminished internal rotation with hip flexed to 90°, correlates to severity of lesion[18]
- Special Tests
- C Sign: patient cups hand over greater trochanter when asked to describe pain, suggesting deep, interior hip pain
- FABER Test: flexion, abduction, external rotation
- FADIR Test: flexion, adduction, internal rotation
- Posterior Rim Impingement Test: Extend affected leg off table, then abduct and externally rotate
- Dynamic Internal Rotatory Impingement Test: flex unaffected knee to 90°, then FADIR through an arc of motion
- Dynamic External Rotatory Impingement Test: flex unaffected knee to 90°, then FABER through an arc of motion
Evaluation
Radiographs
- Standard Radiographs Hip
- Should include a PA, lateral view
- Consider frog leg, cross table lateral
- 45 degree Dunn lateral provides most information for FAI[19]
- Alpha angle (for cam deformity)
- Most commonly used quantitative measurement for cam impingement
- Determined by fitting a circle to the femoral head and connecting a line from the center of this circle to the center of the femoral neck[20]
- Second line drawn from center of circle to superior head-neck junction outside the circle
- No standardization of normal, ranges from 42-63°
- No agreement of threshold for pathology, ranges from 50-62°
- Increasing threshold to 60° increased specificity to 74%, sensitivity 76.5%[21]
- Pincer deformity
- Look for detection of retroversion, focal overcoverage, and global overcoverage[22]
- Crossover sign: anterior rim of the acetabulum crosses the line of the posterior aspect of the rim before reaching the lateral edge of the sourcil[23]
- Posterior wall sign: center of the femoral head is lateral to the posterior wall[24]
- Lateral center-edge angle: AP view, angle is calculated by a line through the center of the femoral head, perpendicular to the transverse axis of the pelvis and a line from the center of the head through the most superolateral point of the weight bearing zone of the acetabulum[25]
MRI
- Helpful to evaluate cartilage, labrum
- Degree of chondral injury predictive of patient outcomes and satisfaction[26]
CT
- Helpful to better clarify osseous architecture
- Useful for surgical planning, especially with 3D surface rendering
Classification
- General
- Head-neck junction (cam lesion)
- Acetbular rim (pincer lesion)
- Both or mixed
Management
Prognosis
- Palmer et al: Patients with symptomatic FAI referred to secondary or tertiary care achieve superior outcomes with arthroscopic hip surgery than with physiotherapy and activity modification.[27]
Nonoperative
- Indications
- Minimally symptomatic or no mechanical symptoms
- Activity modification
- Individualized to patients athletic demands and symptoms
- Exacerbating movements and activities should be avoided
- NSAIDS
Injections
- Khan et al systematic review[28]
- US guidance better tolerated than fluoroscopic guidance
- Lack of response strong predictor of poor surgical outcome
- Corticosteroid Injection: improvement in only 15% of patients at 6 weeks
- Hyalouronic Acid provided relief at up to 12 months, superior to CSI
Operative
- Indications
- Symptomatic
- Failure of non-op
- Non-arthritic joint
- Technique
- Arthroscopic osteoplasty (preferred)
- Open osteoplasty
- Periacetabular osteotomy
- Total hip arthroplasty
Rehab and Return to Play
Rehabilitation
- No universal protocol
- Directed at improving hip muscle strength, mobility
- Also work on posture, body control, core strength
Return to Play
- Needs to be updated
Complications
- Inability to return to sport
- Surgical
- Femoral neck fracture
- Heterotopic Ossification
- Residual deformity
See Also
- Internal
- External
- Sports Medicine Review Hip Pain: https://www.sportsmedreview.com/by-joint/hip/
References
- ↑ Ganz R, Parvizi J, Beck M, et al. Femoroacetabular impingement: a cause for osteoarthritis of the hip. Clin Orthop. 2003;417:112–120.
- ↑ Frank JM, Harris JD, Erickson BJ, et al. Prevalence of femoroacetabular impingement imaging findings in asymptomatic volunteers: A systematic review. Arthroscopy. 2015;31:1199–1204.
- ↑ epple JJ, Brophy RH, Matava MJ, et al. Radiographic findings of femoroacetabular impingement in national football league combine athletes undergoing radiographs for previous hip or groin pain. Arthroscopy. 2012;28:1396–1403.
- ↑ Mascarenhas VV, Rego P, Dantas P, et al. Imaging prevalence of femoroacetabular impingement in symptomatic patients, athletes, and asymptomatic individuals: a systematic review. Eur J Radiol. 2016;85:73–95.
- ↑ Johnston TL, Schenker ML, Briggs KK, et al. Relationship between offset angle alpha and hip chondral injury in femoroacetabular impingement. Arthroscopy. 2008;24:669–675.
- ↑ anz R, Leunig M, Leunig-Ganz K, et al. The etiology of osteoarthritis of the hip. Clin Orthop. 2008;466:264–272.
- ↑ Beck M, Kalhor M, Leunig M, et al. Hip morphology influences the pattern of damage to the acetabular cartilage: femoroacetabular impingement as a cause of early osteoarthritis of the hip. J Bone Joint Surg Br. 2005;87:1012–1018.
- ↑ Murray RO, Duncan C. Athletic activity in adolescence as an etiological factor in degenerative hip disease. J Bone Joint Surg Br. 1971;53:406–419.
- ↑ Siebenrock K, Ferner F, Noble P, et al. The cam-type deformity of the proximal femur arises in childhood in response to vigorous sporting activity. Clin Orthop Relat Res. 2011;469:3229–3240.
- ↑ Agricola R, Heijboer MP, Ginai AZ, et al. A cam deformity is gradually acquired during skeletal maturation in adolescent and young male soccer players: A prospective study with minimum 2-year follow-up. Am J Sports Med. 2014;42:798–806.
- ↑ iebenrock K, Wahab KA, Werlen S, et al. Abnormal extension of the femoral head epiphysis as a cause of cam impingement. Clin Orthop. 2004;418:54–60.
- ↑ Pollard TC, Villar RN, Norton MR, et al. Genetic influences in the aetiology of femoroacetabular impingement: a sibling study. J Bone Joint Surg Br. 2010;92:209–216.
- ↑ Hoaglund FT, Shiba R, Newberg AH, et al. Diseases of the hip. A comparative study of Japanese oriental and American White patients. J Bone Joint Surg Am. 1985;67:1376–1383.
- ↑ Nepple JJ, Vigdorchik JM, Clohisy JC. What is the association between sports participation and the development of proximal femoral cam deformity? A systematic review and meta-analysis. Am J Sports Med. 2015;43:2833–2840.
- ↑ Gerhardt MB, Romero AA, Silvers HJ, et al. The prevalence of radiographic hip abnormalities in elite soccer players. Am J Sports Med. 2012;40:584–588.
- ↑ Kapron AL, Anderson AE, Aoki SK, et al. Radiographic prevalence of femoroacetabular impingement in collegiate football players: AAOS exhibit selection. J Bone Joint Surg Am. 2011;93:e111.1–e111.10.
- ↑ Clohisy JC, Knaus ER, Hunt DM, et al. Clinical presentation of patients with symptomatic anterior hip impingement. Clin Orthop. 2009;467:638–644.
- ↑ Wyss TF, Clark JM, Weishaupt D, et al. Correlation between internal rotation and bony anatomy in the hip. Clin Orthop Relat Res. 2007;460:152–158.
- ↑ Meyer DC, Beck M, Ellis T, et al. Comparison of six radiographic projections to assess femoral head/neck asphericity. Clin Orthop Relat Res. 2006;445:181–185.
- ↑ Notzli HP, Wyss TF, Stoecklin CH, et al. The contour of the femoral head-neck junction as a predictor for the risk of anterior impingement. J Bone Joint Surg Br. 2002;84:556–560.
- ↑ Sutter R, Dietrich TJ, Zingg PO, et al. How useful is the alpha angle for discriminating between symptomatic patients with cam-type femoroacetabular impingement and asymptomatic volunteers? Radiology. 2012;264:514–521.
- ↑ Nepple JJ, Prather H, Trousdale RT, et al. Diagnostic imaging of femoroacetabular impingement. J Am Acad Orthop Surg. 2013;21:S20–S26.
- ↑ Egger, Anthony C. MD; Frangiamore, Salvatore MD; Rosneck, James MD Femoroacetabular Impingement: A Review, Sports Medicine and Arthroscopy Review: December 2016 - Volume 24 - Issue 4 - p e53-e58
- ↑ Clohisy JC, Carlisle JC, Beaule PE, et al. A systematic approach to the plain radiographic evaluation of the young adult hip. J Bone Joint Surg Am. 2008;90(suppl 4):47–66.
- ↑ Clohisy JC, Carlisle JC, Beaule PE, et al. A systematic approach to the plain radiographic evaluation of the young adult hip. J Bone Joint Surg Am. 2008;90(suppl 4):47–66.
- ↑ Saadat E, Martin SD, Thornhill TS, et al. Factors associated with the failure of surgical treatment for femoroacetabular impingement: review of the literature. Am J Sports Med. 2014;42:1487–1495.
- ↑ Palmer Antony J R, et al. Arthroscopic hip surgery compared with physiotherapy and activity modification for the treatment of symptomatic femoroacetabular impingement: multicentre randomised controlled trial BMJ 2019; 364 :l185
- ↑ Khan W, Khan M, Alradwan H, et al. Utility of intra-articular hip injections for femoroacetabular impingement: a systematic review. Orthop J Sports Med. 2015;3:2325967115601030.
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