Hip Flashcards
Closed packed position of hip
- combined extension, IR, and ABD
Open packed position of hip
- 30 degrees hip flexion, 30 degrees of abduction, slight ER
Capsular pattern of hip
- limitation of flexion, IR, and some ABD
3 primary ligaments supporting hip joint
- iliofemoral: limites hyperextension
- pubofemoral: limits extension and ABD
- ischiofemoral: spirals around neck of femur and prevents hyperextension
Ligamentum teres
- does not help with tension but helps to guide/protect branch of obturator artery to femoral head. If damaged can lead to avascular necrosis.
anterior muscular support
- pectineus, iliopsoas, rectus femoris
posterior muscular support
- ischiofemoral ligament, obturator internus/externus, piriformis
superior support of the hip
- ischiofemoral ligament, rectus femoris, gluteus minimus
inferior support of the hip
- obturator externus, pectineus
posterior muscles of the hip
- glute max, med, min, and hamstrings
Normal acetabular anteversion
- about 20 degrees, normally greater in women and less than men
Angle of inclination
- angle between neck and shaft of the femur
- begins at 150 degrees in infants and with weight bearing lessens to about 125
Smaller than normal angle of inclination
- coxa vara: can lead to genu valgum
Larger than normal angle of inclination
- coxa valga: can lead to genu varum
Angle of torsion
- angle of femoral head and neck relative to femoral condyles. Normal is 13-15 degrees
Retroversion of hip
- decrease in the angle of torsion (patient will lack IR and seems to have increased ER)
Anteversion of hip
- increase in the angle of torsion (patient will have increased femoral IR)
Femoral neck fractures
- sudden hip pain with increase in activity
- pain referred to anteromedial thigh, knee, groin
- fatigue stress fractures
- ->d/t repetitive and abnormally high forces
- ->relatively uncommon but should be addressed quickly to prevent serious complications
- ->5% of these fx’s involve femoral neck and 5% involve femoral head
Insufficiency fractures
- d/t compromised bone density
- post menopausal women
- radiation treatments, RA, corticosteroid treatment
Avascular necrosis
- blood supply to femoral head is compromised for a prolonged period of time
- male more than female
- patients demonstrate and antalgic gait and present with a capsular pattern of restriction
- patients complain of sharp intermittent pain and extreme ROMs
- it is a common complication following hip dislocations, fractures, and chronic synovitis
- patients may also report dull or aching pain in groin and occasionally lateral hip/buttock pan.
Femoral acetabular impingement
- CAM impingement: non-spherical femoral head, more common in younger males
- Pincer impingement: increased acetabular coverage around the femoral head. Labrum pinched between acetabulum and anterior femoral head-neck. Middle aged females.
Mixed impingement
- concommitant CAM and Pincer impingement
- potential for labral compromise
- most common symptom is pain and catching
Acetabular labral tears
- degenerative, traumatic, or idiopathic
- represents 20% of groin pain in athletes
Type I acetabular lesion
- usually due to a twisting movement
- detached labrum from articular cartilage surface
- perpendicular to surface
- can extend to subchondral bone
Type II acetabular lesion
- history of acetabular dysplasia repeated twisting/pivoting
- one or more tears within the labrum
- buckling, pain with forced ADD and IR
Physical exam for acetabular lesion
- pain at extremes of ROM, especially with flexion, ADD, and IR
- normal radiographs
- pain with ASLR
Ruptured ligamentum teres
- traumatic injury (repetitive microtrauma, particularly with laxity)
- iatrogenic injury
- micro-instability: CAM lesions, ehlers-danlos syndrome, those with increased flexibility
- reduced and painful movement in extension or combined flexion/IR
Snapping hip syndrome internal, external, and intra-articular
- internal: iliopsoas snapping over lesser trochanter produces snapping in groin. Stenosing synovitis of the iliopsoas
- external: generally seen in women with wider pelvises who run on banked surfaces. ITB or gluteus maximus snapping over the greater trochanter
- intra-articular: synovial chondromatosis, loose bodies, labral tears
Snapping hip syndrome symptoms
- c/o snapping and popping with ambulation with complaints of pain with laying on involved side, especially if ITB is involved.
- if iliopsoas is involved pain is usually felt in the groin when the hip is moving from flexion to extension
- palpate ITB subluxation
- (+) ober/thomas test, patient usually responds well to conservative management