Hip Flashcards
Coxa Vara
- Angle is approximately 90 degrees (<125)
- Excessive stress through femoral epiphysis, (short leg)
Coxa Valga
- Angle > 125 degrees
- Excessive stress on femoral head (long leg)
Femoral Anteversion
- Greater than 15 degrees anteverted
- Causes in-toeing/excessive hip IR
- xray/craig’s test
Femoral Retroversion
- Less than 12 degrees ante version
- Causes out-toeing/excessive hip ER
- Xray/Craig’s test
Legg-Calve-Perthes Disease
“Coxa Plana”
- Avascular necrosis of the femoral epiphysis with onset between 4-8 years
- Death of tissues at femoral head
- S&S: Pain in hip, thihg, or knee; limping; loss of abduction, ext and ER; thigh atrophy
Slipped Capital Femoral Epiphysis (SCFE)
- Epiphysis gradually or suddenly slips downward and backward in relationship to the femoral neck
- Most common in boys 10-16
- Risk Factors: obesity, coxa vara, medications, hypothyroid, radiation tx, bone problems
- S&S: Pain in groin, limp, knee; flexion comfort; loss of AROM IR hip; SLS difficulty; passive flexion hip will ER
Femoral Acetabular Impingement
-Bone spurring from overuse can cause damage to the labrum as well as the cartilage
-FAI can be resolved with the bone spurs being burred or remodeled
Types:
-Cam = on femoral head
-Pincer = on acetabulum
-Mixed
Precursors to FAI
Ages: 25-60
- Retroversion
- Hx of femoral neck fx
- Hx of SCFE
- Hx of L-C-P disease
FAI Presentation
- C Sign dull, aching pain
- Positve FADIR
- Limited hip IR ROM with hip 90 degrees flexion in supine
- Leads to labral tear, which leads to Osteoarthritis
5 Causes of Labral Tear
- Trauma
- FAI
- Capsular laxity/hypermobility
- Dysplasia
- Degeneration
DX of Labral Tears
- Groin Pain: C sign
- Painful/limited IR and Abduction
- +FADIR’s
- +FABERs
- +Hip Scour
- +MRI
TX of Labral Tears
10-12 week rehab tried before surgery
- Optimize hip alignment
- Stabilize hypermobile hip
- Joint mobes and stretching on hypo mobile hip
- Limit activities for healing
Hip Pointer
- Contusion to iliac crest
- S&S: Local pain, swelling, ecchymosis, pain with trunk and hip motion, laughing, coughing, breathing
Hamstring Strain Tx
- Acute rehab: onset of injury - 3 days (0-3 reduce swelling)
- Subacute rehab:day 4-7
- Chronic Rehab: around day 7
Hip Dislocations
Etiology: MVA most common; in sports occur with force through long axis of femur when knee is flexed
Types:
-Anterior = MOI: forced hip flexion, abduction, and ER
-Posterior = MOI: landing on a flexed knee while the hip is flexed, adducted and IR
Posterior Hip Dislocation
S&S:
- severe hip and thigh pain
- Referred pain in knee
- Hip positioned in flexion, adduction, and IR
- Inability to walk
- Possible neurovascular complaints
Hip Dislocations: Management
- Stabilize and transport to ER
- Need closed reduction within 24 hours
- Post reduction, limb is held in traction 1-2 weeks
- 5-7 days post reduction, open chain AROM exercise is initiated
- Screen for AVN, acetabular tear and future hip OA(50% of all pts)
Apophysitis
-Inflammation of the apophysis from overuse: often seen in long distance running= can lead to avulsion fx
S&S: loss of strength, loss of hip motion, point tender