Charlie Zhang, Linda Li, Bruce B Forster, Jacek A Kopec, Charles Ratzlaff, Lalji Halai, Jolanda Cibere, John M Esdaile
OBJECTIVE: To outline the clinical presentation, physical examination findings, diagnostic criteria, and management options of femoroacetabular impingement (FAI). SOURCES OF INFORMATION: PubMed was searched for relevant articles regarding the pathogenesis, diagnosis, treatment, and prognosis of FAI. MAIN MESSAGE: In recent years, FAI has been increasingly recognized as a potential precursor and an important contributor to hip pain in the adult population and idiopathic hip osteoarthritis later in life...
December 2015: Canadian Family Physician Médecin de Famille Canadien