ArticleLa Radiologia medica2017
Incidence of greater trochanteric pain syndrome in patients suspected for femoroacetabular impingement evaluated using magnetic resonance arthrography of the hip.
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- Prehabilitation for femoroacetabular impingement syndrome: intervention development using the Medical Research Council Framework.Journal of ISAKOS : joint disorders & orthopaedic sports medicine · 2026Pooled it
- Prevalence of femoro-acetabular impingement in non-arthritic patients with hip pain: a meta-analysis.International orthopaedics · 2020Pooled it
- A narrative review on greater trochanteric pain syndrome: diagnostic imaging and non-surgical treatments.Musculoskeletal surgery · 2026Review
- Sex-Based Differences Femoroacetabular Impingement and Hip Arthroscopy.Current reviews in musculoskeletal medicine · 2025Review
- Good functional outcomes after endoscopic treatment for greater trochanteric pain syndrome.Journal of experimental orthopaedics · 2023Article
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- Arthroscopic Treatment for Femoroacetabular Impingement Syndrome with External Snapping Hip: A Comparison Study of Matched Case Series.Orthopaedic surgery · 2021Article
- Hip Stability May Influence the Development of Greater Trochanteric Pain Syndrome: A Case-Control Study of Consecutive Patients.Orthopaedic journal of sports medicine · 2020Article
- Image quality of hip MR arthrography with intra-articular injection of hyaluronic acid versus gadolinium-based contrast agent in patients with femoroacetabular impingement.Skeletal radiology · 2020Observational
- Does low back pain or leg pain in gluteus medius syndrome contribute to lumbar degenerative disease and hip osteoarthritis and vice versa? A literature review.Journal of physical therapy science · 2020Review
- Greater Trochanteric Pain Syndrome: An Intraoperative Endoscopic Classification System with Pearls to Surgical Techniques and Rehabilitation Protocols.Arthroscopy techniques · 2019Article
- The use of platelet-rich plasma in the treatment of greater trochanteric pain syndrome: a systematic literature review.Journal of hip preservation surgery · 2018Review
- MR arthrography of the hip: evaluation of isotropic 3D intermediate-weighted FSE and hybrid GRE T1-weighted sequences.La Radiologia medica · 2017Article
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Abstract
objectivesWe evaluated the incidence of greater trochanter pain syndrome (GTPS) in patients who underwent magnetic resonance arthrography (MRA) of the hip for a suspected femoroacetabular impingement (FAI) syndrome.
methodsHip MRA performed at our institution (3/2012-1/2014) were reviewed. The absence/presence of FAI (cam, pincer, and mixed) was noted. GTPS diagnosis was based on gluteus medius/minimus tendinopathy/tears, trochanteric bursitis, fascia lata thickening, and trochanter bone oedema/erosion. Subgroup analysis for age (under/over 40 years) and FAI type (cam, pincer, and mixed) was also performed.
resultsN = 189 patients were included (n = 125 males; age 39 ± 12 years). FAI was diagnosed in n = 133 (70, 4%): cam type, n = 85 (63, 9%); pincer type, n = 22 (16, 6%); and mixed type, n = 26 (19, 5%). N = 72 patients (38.1%) had tendinopathy, n = 14 (7.4%) had trochanter erosion, n = 31 (16.4%) had bursitis, n = 4 had bone oedema (2.1%), and n = 3 (1.6%) had fascia lata thickening, resulting in GTPS diagnosis in n = 74 patients (39.2%). The association of normal hip morphology/GTPS was significantly higher (P = 0.023) than that of FAI/GTPS. Under 40 years, GTPS incidence was higher in patients with normal hip and pincer-type FAI (P = 0.028). Over 40 years, no difference between patients with/without FAI (P = 0.119) was seen.
conclusionsGTPS was more frequently observed in patients with normal hip morphology than in patients with FAI, particularly in patients under 40.
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