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Filter by:Femoroacetabular impingement (FAI) is a hip disorder resulting from a mismatch of the hip joint, resulting in hip pain and can potentially cause osteoarthritis. As the head of the femur (ball of the hip) and the acetabulum (socket of the hip) impinge or rub together with this mismatch, patients can suffer damage to their articular cartilage which covers both. Currently, the standard of care to surgically treat articular cartilage damage is a procedure called 'microfracture' - where the surgeon makes multiple holes in the bone under the defects causing bone marrow cells and blood from the holes to combine to form a "super clot" that covers the damaged area and is meant to be the basis for new tissue formation or 'fibrocartilage'. However, native articular cartilage is made of hyaline, rather than fibrocartilage, which is a more flexible and durable tissue able to withstand a great deal of force on the hip when it moves. Therefore, a more recently developed strategy that has gained popularity for use in the repair of articular cartilage in the knee involves the implantation of bone marrow aspirate (BMA) along with a scaffold made of hyaluronic acid (HA) in a single-step procedure, with the goal of promoting new hyaline-like tissue. While this has shown promising results in treating knee cartilage damage, this treatment method has yet to be studied in the hip. This randomized controlled trial will evaluate in patients with painful articular cartilage damage of the hip, the effect of implantation of an HA scaffold along with BMA in comparison to microfracture on hip pain and function, cartilage regeneration, and any complications at 24 months post-surgery.
The goal of this study is to determine whether QL blocks reduce opioid consumption following arthroscopic hip surgery by decreasing postoperative pain. Considering the current opioid epidemic, the responsibility of physicians to help prevent addiction, and the increasing prevalence of arthroscopic hip surgeries, this study holds a tremendous potential benefit for future patients.
The treatment of femoroacetabular impingement has evolved over the last several years. As the number of arthroscopic hip operations has risen over the last few years, so has the level controversy in regards to the appropriate initial management. There have been many recent advances in clinical diagnosis, advanced imaging techniques, improved indications for surgery and improved arthroscopic techniques which have led to improved clinical outcomes, but the effectiveness of physical therapy remains unknown.
1. Purpose: 1) compare three conservative treatment approaches for subjects with femoroacetabular impingement syndrome (FAI), and 2) analyze functional outcome comparatively across groups. 2. Interventions will be provided based on randomized assignment. Group 1 will receive treatment based on identified impairments and treated twice weekly to address said impairments with hip manual therapy and exercise, as well as a prescriptive exercise for strengthening and mobility of the hip. Group 2 will receive only the prescriptive exercise program. Group 3 will be a control group (supervised neglect) 3. Primary outcomes data analysis will involve a mixed design (repeated measures) ANOVA for assessment of the primary outcome measure of the HAGOS. Secondary analyses will include chi square analyses (PASS, surgery at 6 months, adverse events), ANCOVA (PPMs, and expectations measures), or other appropriate comparative measures. None of the proposed treatment is considered outside of 'standard of practice'.
The purpose of this research is to determine differences in outcomes in patients who receive regional anesthesia (a fascia iliaca block) versus placebo prior to undergoing hip arthroscopy with labral repair and/or debridement and osteoplasty for hip impingement.
Patients are being asked to participate in this study because a previous research MRI of their hips showed that the shape of the head of their thigh bone may indicate FAI of the hip. We have already collected cartilage imaging data and data on how the hip joint moves on people with painful/symptomatic FAI and people with normal hip function. We would now like to compare the motion of the hip joint to those with painful FAI using ultrasound.
The purpose of this research project is to assess the effectiveness of intra-articular injections of autologous platelet-rich plasma (PRP) after arthroscopic microfracture. Our hypothesis is that platelet-rich plasma will improve patient's clinical outcomes and chondral healing following microfracture performed during femoroacetabular impingement (FAI) hip arthroscopy.