Trial reportBritish journal of sports medicine2016
Personalised Hip Therapy: development of a non-operative protocol to treat femoroacetabular impingement syndrome in the FASHIoN randomised controlled trial.
Trial report in British journal of sports medicine, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT03959254 (EFFECTIVENESS OF A PROTOCOLIZED TREATMENT OF SPECIFIC PHYSIOTHERAPY FOR SUBJECTS SURGICALLY OPERATED BY ARTHROSCOPY FOR FEMOROACETABULAR SYNDROME), which is not on this map. Cited by 29 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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Effectiveness of a protocolized treatment of specific physiotherapy for subjects surgically operated by arthroscopy for femoroacetabular syndrome
Who cites it
29 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 66 citations in OpenAlex.
- Minimal Clinically Important Differences in Conservative Treatment Versus Hip Arthroscopy for Femoroacetabular Impingement Syndrome: A Frequentist Meta-Analysis of RCTs.Orthopaedic surgery · 2025Pooled it
- Arthroscopic surgery versus physiotherapy for femoroacetabular impingement: a meta-analysis study.European journal of orthopaedic surgery & traumatology : orthopedie traumatologie · 2020Pooled it
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- Arthroscopic hip surgery compared with personalised hip therapy in people over 16 years old with femoroacetabular impingement syndrome: UK FASHIoN RCT.Health technology assessment (Winchester, England) · 2022Trial
- Multi-centre randomised controlled trial comparing arthroscopic hip surgery to physiotherapist-led care for femoroacetabular impingement (FAI) syndrome on hip cartilage metabolism: the Australian FASHIoN trial.BMC musculoskeletal disorders · 2021Trial
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- Hip arthroscopy versus best conservative care for the treatment of femoroacetabular impingement syndrome (UK FASHIoN): a multicentre randomised controlled trial.Lancet (London, England) · 2018Trial
- Protocol for a multi-centre randomised controlled trial comparing arthroscopic hip surgery to physiotherapy-led care for femoroacetabular impingement (FAI): the Australian FASHIoN trial.BMC musculoskeletal disorders · 2017Trial
- Treatment of Patients With Femoroacetabular Impingement Syndrome Using a Pelvic Tilt-Focused Exercise Program: A Prospective Cohort.The American journal of sports medicine · 2026Article
- Standing anterior pelvic tilt is correlated with the proximal femur shape of individuals with cam morphology.Clinical biomechanics (Bristol, Avon) · 2026Article
- Enhancing psychological wellbeing in hip surgery patients through psychological interventions: a scoping review.BMC musculoskeletal disorders · 2025Article
- Patients' real-world engagement with movement pattern modifications for nonarthritic hip-related pain.PM & R : the journal of injury, function, and rehabilitation · 2025Article
- Conservative treatment versus hip arthroscopy in patients with femoroacetabular impingement : a multilevel meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials.Bone & joint open · 2025Article
- Femoroacetabular Impingement: Critical Analysis Review of Current Nonoperative Treatments.JBJS reviews · 2025Review
- Hip Arthroscopy for Labral Tears and FAI is Associated with a High Rate of Return to Play for Professional American Football Athletes, A Literature Review.Current reviews in musculoskeletal medicine · 2025Review
- The Relationship Between Tensor Fascia Latae and Gluteus Maximus Has the Potential to Indicate Early Intra-articular and Degenerative Pathologies of the Femoral-Acetabular Joint: A Narrative Review.International journal of sports physical therapy · 2025Article
- Return to Play After Femoroacetabular Impingement.Current reviews in musculoskeletal medicine · 2023Review
- Non-operative Management and Outcomes of Femoroacetabular Impingement Syndrome.Current reviews in musculoskeletal medicine · 2023Review
- [Management of FAIS in professional soccer athletes and return to sports].Orthopadie (Heidelberg, Germany) · 2022Review
- Biomechanical measures of clinician-defined unsteadiness during a forward stepdown task in individuals post-arthroscopy for femoroacetabular impingement syndrome.Clinical biomechanics (Bristol, Avon) · 2022Article
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Abstract
introductionFemoroacetabular impingement (FAI) syndrome is increasingly recognised as a cause of hip pain. As part of the design of a randomised controlled trial (RCT) of arthroscopic surgery for FAI syndrome, we developed a protocol for non-operative care and evaluated its feasibility.
methodsIn phase one, we developed a protocol for non-operative care for FAI in the UK National Health Service (NHS), through a process of systematic review and consensus gathering. In phase two, the protocol was tested in an internal pilot RCT for protocol adherence and adverse events.
resultsThe final protocol, called Personalised Hip Therapy (PHT), consists of four core components led by physiotherapists: detailed patient assessment, education and advice, help with pain relief and an exercise-based programme that is individualised, supervised and progressed over time. PHT is delivered over 12-26 weeks in 6-10 physiotherapist-patient contacts, supplemented by a home exercise programme. In the pilot RCT, 42 patients were recruited and 21 randomised to PHT. Review of treatment case report forms, completed by physiotherapists, showed that 13 patients (62%) received treatment that had closely followed the PHT protocol. 13 patients reported some muscle soreness at 6 weeks, but there were no serious adverse events.
conclusionPHT provides a structure for the non-operative care of FAI and offers guidance to clinicians and researchers in an evolving area with limited evidence. PHT was deliverable within the National Health Service, is safe, and now forms the comparator to arthroscopic surgery in the UK FASHIoN trial (ISRCTN64081839). TRIAL REGISTRATION NUMBER: ISRCTN 09754699.
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