title: Sports hip injuries: assessment and management.
abstract: Over the past 10 years, the understanding, assessment, and management of hip pain and injuries in the athlete have improved. Traditionally, the evaluation of hip pain and injuries was limited to obvious disorders, such as hip arthritis and fractures, or disorders that were previously considered to be simply soft-tissue strains and contusions, such as groin pulls, hip pointers, and bursitis. Two parallel tracks of progress have improved understanding of the complexities of hip joint athletic injuries and the biomechanical basis of early hip disease. In the field of sports medicine, improved diagnostic skills now allow better interpretation of debilitating intra-articular hip disorders and their effects on core performance. In the field of hip preservation, there has been an evolution in understanding the effects of biomechanical mismatches between the femoral head and the acetabulum on the development of early hip damage, injury, and arthritis. The integration of these two parallel fields has accelerated the understanding of the importance of hip biomechanics and early hip injury in human performance and function.
authors: Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, NY, USA.
authors: Bryan T
authors: BT
authors: Kelly
authors: Travis G
authors: TG
authors: Maak
authors: Christopher M
authors: CM
authors: Larson
authors: Asheesh
authors: A
authors: Bedi
authors: Ira
authors: I
authors: Zaltz
mesh_terms: D001182:Arthroscopy; D001265:Athletic Injuries / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy*; D001696:Biomechanical Phenomena; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D057925:Femoracetabular Impingement / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000534:rehabilitation / Q000628:therapy; D025981:Hip Injuries / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D007593:Joint Instability / Q000503:physiopathology; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D018482:Muscle, Skeletal / Q000503:physiopathology; D010808:Physical Examination; D013180:Sprains and Strains / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy; D013708:Tendon Injuries / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed