ArticleBritish journal of sports medicine2012
The relationship of femoral neck shaft angle and adiposity to greater trochanteric pain syndrome in women. A case control morphology and anthropometric study.
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The Importance of Pelvic Morphometric Measurements in Piriformis Syndrome: A Case-control Study
Who cites it
22 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 65 citations in OpenAlex.
- Pooled it
- The femoral neck-shaft angle on plain radiographs: a systematic review.Skeletal radiology · 2016Pooled it
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- Fatty infiltration of the gluteus medius and minimus muscles: volumetric analysis of both hips in patients with unilateral greater trochanteric pain syndrome using 2-point-Dixon MRI.Insights into imaging · 2025Article
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- Influence of hip morphology on gluteal muscle biomechanics: a computational modeling study.BMC musculoskeletal disorders · 2025Article
- Increased adiposity and impaired sleep are associated with severity of greater trochanteric pain syndrome: a cross-sectional study.Frontiers in medicine · 2025Article
- Female Tendons are from Venus and Male Tendons are from Mars, But Does it Matter for Tendon Health?Sports medicine (Auckland, N.Z.) · 2024Review
- Greater Trochanteric Pain Syndrome and the Efficacy of Platelet-Rich Plasma Injections: A Systematic Review.Cureus · 2024Review
- Current and future advances in practice: tendinopathies of the hip.Rheumatology advances in practice · 2024Review
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- Natural History of Degenerative Hip Abductor Tendon Lesions.The American journal of sports medicine · 2023Article
- Femoral neck shaft angle measurement on plain radiography: is standing or supine radiograph a reliable template for the contralateral femur?BMC musculoskeletal disorders · 2022Article
- Recommendations in the rehabilitation of patients undergoing hip abductor tendon repair: a systematic literature search and evidence based rehabilitation protocol.Archives of orthopaedic and trauma surgery · 2022Review
- Radiological Comparison of Femoral Neck-Shaft Angle in Piriformis Syndrome: A Case-Control Study.Indian journal of orthopaedics · 2022Article
- Comparing two different automatic methods to measure femoral neck-shaft angle based on PointNet++ network.Scientific reports · 2022Article
- Hip Stability May Influence the Development of Greater Trochanteric Pain Syndrome: A Case-Control Study of Consecutive Patients.Orthopaedic journal of sports medicine · 2020Article
- Gluteal Tendinopathy: A Review of Mechanisms, Assessment and Management.Sports medicine (Auckland, N.Z.) · 2015Review
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- Acetabular anteversion is associated with gluteal tendinopathy at MRI.Skeletal radiology · 2015Article
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7 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.
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Abstract
objectiveTo evaluate if pelvic or hip width predisposed women to developing greater trochanteric pain syndrome (GTPS).
designProspective case control study.
participantsFour groups were included in the study: those gluteal tendon reconstructions (n=31, GTR), those with conservatively managed GTPS (n=29), those with hip osteoarthritis (n=20, OA) and 22 asymptomatic participants (ASC).
methodsAnterior-posterior pelvic x-rays were evaluated for femoral neck shaft angle; acetabular index, and width at the lateral acetabulum, and the superior and lateral aspects of the greater trochanter. Body mass index, and waist, hip and greater trochanter girth were measured. Data were analysed using a one-way analysis of variance (ANOVA; posthoc Scheffe analysis), then multivariate analysis.
resultsThe GTR group had a lower femoral neck shaft angle than the other groups (p=0.007). The OR (95% CI) of having a neck shaft angle of less than 134°, relative to the ASC group: GTR=3.33 (1.26 to 8.85); GTPS=1.4 (0.52 to 3.75); OA=0.85 (0.28 to 2.61). The OR of GTR relative to GTPS was 2.4 (1.01 to 5.6). No group difference was found for acetabular or greater trochanter width. Greater trochanter girth produced the only anthropometric group difference (mean (95% CI) in cm) GTR=103.8 (100.3 to 107.3), GTPS=105.9 (100.2 to 111.6), OA=100.3 (97.7 to 103.9), ASC=99.1 (94.7 to 103.5), (ANOVA: p=0.036). Multivariate analysis confirmed adiposity is associated with GTPS.
conclusionA lower neck shaft angle is a risk factor for, and adiposity is associated with, GTPS in women.
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