Erschienen in:
26.10.2016 | CORR Insights
CORR Insights®: Increased Hip Stresses Resulting From a Cam Deformity and Decreased Femoral Neck-Shaft Angle During Level Walking
verfasst von:
Andrew E. Anderson, PhD
Erschienen in:
Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research®
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Ausgabe 4/2017
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Excerpt
Two primary presentations of femoroacetabular impingement (FAI) have been identified: (1) Pincer, defined as acetabular overcoverage, and (2) cam, characterized by an aspherical femoral head and/or reduced femoral head-neck offset. Cam FAI is much more common than isolated pincer FAI, and occurs primarily in men. Cam FAI patients present with more-extensive cartilage damage than pincer FAI, often resulting in complete delamination of cartilage from subchondral bone [
5]. Given its high prevalence and sometimes-aggressive clinical presentation resulting in pain and premature arthritis, there is an immediate need to improve the diagnosis and management of cam FAI. …