Current Concepts in Extra-articular Impingement of the Hip: Clinical Diagnosis, Imaging, and Treatment

Sarah L. Koles; Peter Salat; Andrea Veljkovic; Óliver Marín-Peña; Ara Kassarjian

doi:10.1055/s-0037-1606140

Seminars in Musculoskeletal Radiology, Table of Contents

Semin Musculoskelet Radiol 2017; 21(05): 547-560
DOI: 10.1055/s-0037-1606140

Review Article

Thieme Medical Publishers 333 Seventh Avenue, New York, NY 10001, USA.

Current Concepts in Extra-articular Impingement of the Hip: Clinical Diagnosis, Imaging, and Treatment

Sarah L. Koles

¹Department of Radiology, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada

²Mayfair Diagnostics, Calgary, Alberta, Canada

,

Peter Salat

¹Department of Radiology, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada

²Mayfair Diagnostics, Calgary, Alberta, Canada

,

Andrea Veljkovic

⁶Department of Orthopaedics, University of British Columbia, St. Paul's Hospital, Footbridge Clinic, Vancouver, BC, Canada

,

Óliver Marín-Peña

³Cirugía Ortopédica y Traumatología, Cirugía de Cadera y Rodilla (Hip and Knee Surgery), Hospital Universitario Infanta Leonor, Madrid, Spain

,

Ara Kassarjian

⁴Department of Radiology, Corades, LLC, Boston, Massachusetts

⁵Elite Sports Imaging, SL, Madrid, Spain

› Author Affiliations

Abstract

Hip impingement syndromes, particularly femoroacetabular impingement syndrome, have attracted tremendous attention in the past decade. We address some of the less common hip impingement syndromes, mainly the extra-articular hip impingement syndromes. The clinical presentation, imaging, and treatment of anterior, posterior, and lateral hip impingement syndromes are discussed.

Keywords

hip impingement - sports MRI - subspine deep gluteal syndrome

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