title: Practical approach to hip pain.
abstract: Hip pain is a common complaint among patients presenting to outpatient clinics. Stratifying patients based on age, acuity, and location of pain (extra-articular vs intra-articular) can help to aid in appropriate imaging and timely referral to an orthopedic surgeon. A thorough history and an organized physical examination combined with radiographs are usually sufficient to diagnose most hip complaints. If the diagnosis remains uncertain, magnetic resonance imaging, usually with intra-articular gadolinium, is the imaging modality of choice in diagnosing both intra-articular and extra-articular pathologies.
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center, Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine, 30 Hope Drive, Hershey, PA 17033, USA.
authors.forename: Christopher
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Karrasch
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center, Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine, 30 Hope Drive, Hershey, PA 17033, USA. Electronic address: slynch@hmc.psu.edu.
authors.forename: Scott
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Lynch
mesh_terms: D000894:Anti-Inflammatory Agents, Non-Steroidal / Q000627:therapeutic use; D017679:Cryotherapy / Q000379:methods; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005938:Glucocorticoids / Q000008:administration & dosage; D006621:Hip Joint; D006801:Humans; D007270:Injections, Intra-Articular; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D010146:Pain / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology; D059408:Pain Management / Q000379:methods*; D010808:Physical Examination; D026741:Physical Therapy Modalities
chemical_list: D000894:Anti-Inflammatory Agents, Non-Steroidal; D005938:Glucocorticoids
keywords: FAI; Hip pain; Labral tear; Osteoarthritis