Osteoarthritis of the hip is a significant source of morbidity in the elderly. Treatment guidelines are available for the management of hip osteoarthritis, but these do not address the application of intraarticular corticosteroid injection. The intraarticular injection of corticosteroid is used in the management of other large joint osteoarthritic diseases and is well studied in the knee, howev...

BACKGROUND Existent biomechanical studies on hip osteoarthritic gait have primarily focused on the end stage of disease. Consequently, there is no clear consensus on which specific gait parameters are of most relevance for hip osteoarthritis patients with mild to moderate symptoms. The purpose of this study was to explore sagittal plane gait characteristics during the stance phase of gait in hi...

OBJECTIVE To compare the existence of agreement between measurements of anteversion of the femoral neck and the degrees of osteoarthritis and abnormality of the neck-shaft angle in patients with unilateral idiopathic hip osteoarthritis, among three evaluators. METHODS Forty-two patients with unilateral hip osteoarthritis were evaluated by means of simple radiography and computed tomography. ...

OBJECTIVE To estimate the prevalence of hip osteoarthritis (OA hip) and hip dysplasia in a sample of Hong Kong men who were unselected with respect to hip symptoms. METHODS The postmicturition films of 999 men aged 60-75 years, consecutive attenders for intravenous urography between 1987 and 1990 at a regional hospital, were reviewed. OA hip was diagnosed as the occurrence of two or more feat...

We investigated the relationship between the pain experienced by 50 patients with osteoarthritis of the hip and the resting intra-articular pressure of the synovial fluid. We found a significant linear correlation between these factors, greater pain being experienced by patients with higher pressures. In 20 cases we showed that the pressure rises in extension and medial rotation and is least in...

BACKGROUND Total hip arthroplasty (THA) is the most common method of treatment of severe hip osteoarthritis. There is little data concerning the physical activity of total hip arthroplasty patients in Poland and investigations to explore this area are useful. The aim of the study was to describe the post-operative physical activity of total hip arthroplasty patients. MATERIAL AND METHODS A to...

BACKGROUND To develop a sensitive and specific screening tool for knee and hip osteoarthritis in the general population of elderly people. METHODS The Knee and Hip OsteoArthritis Screening Questionnaire (KHOA-SQ) was developed based on previous studies and observed data and sent to 11,002 people aged 60 to 90 years, stratified by age and gender, who were selected by random sampling. Algorithm...

BACKGROUND During the last years, terms like acetabular retroversion, excessive overcoverage, and abnormal head-neck-junction with the so called "pistol-grip-deformity" has been added to the classical description of hip dysplasia. These anatomical changes could lead to a femoroacetabular impingement (FAI). Both kinds of FAI has been indentified as a main reason for hip pain and progressive dege...

Purpose. To determine the incidence of the characteristic radiological signs of anterior femoro-acetabular impingement (AFAI) in young patients diagnosed with idiopathic hip osteoarthritis. Materials and methods. Retrospective review of the clinical records of patients under 50 years of age diagnosed with idiopathic hip osteoarthritis between 1995 and 2000. The functional assessment of the hip ...

Persons with unilateral, lower-extremity amputation are at risk of developing osteoarthritis in their intact limb. Among persons without amputation, knee osteoarthritis disease severity has been linked to elevated frontal plane knee moments. Therefore, the purpose of this study was to examine knee and hip frontal plane moments in persons with unilateral, trans-tibial amputation. We hypothesized...