Observational studyKnee surgery, sports traumatology, arthroscopy : official journal of the ESSKA2019
Professional soccer is associated with radiographic cam and pincer hip morphology.
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- The effect of exercise time and frequency on the development of cam morphology.BMC musculoskeletal disorders · 2025Pooled it
- Does the Type of Sport Influence Morphology of the Hip? A Systematic Review.The American journal of sports medicine · 2022Pooled it
- Magnetic Resonance Imaging-Based Comparative Assessment of Cam and Pincer Hip Morphology between Soccer Players and Non-athlete Controls.Hip & pelvis · 2026Article
- Wide variations in the alpha angle reporting of the hip in asymptomatic individuals-a systematic review.Journal of hip preservation surgery · 2026Review
- Prevalence of Asymptomatic Hip Joint Abnormalities Among Adult Professional Soccer Players and Their Association With Age and Limb Dominance.Arthroscopy, sports medicine, and rehabilitation · 2025Article
- Prevalence of hip femoroacetabular impingement deformities in high-level (La Liga) male professional football players.BMC musculoskeletal disorders · 2024Article
- Relationship between Femoroacetabular Impingement and Pubalgia in Professional Soccer Players.Revista brasileira de ortopedia · 2023Article
- Improvement of Groin Pain in a Football Player with Femoroacetabular Impingement via a Correction of the Pelvic Position-A Case Report.Journal of clinical medicine · 2023Article
- High-level soccer players have a low rate of return to performance after hip arthroscopy for femoroacetabular impingement syndrome.Knee surgery, sports traumatology, arthroscopy : official journal of the ESSKA · 2023Article
- [Management of FAIS in professional soccer athletes and return to sports].Orthopadie (Heidelberg, Germany) · 2022Review
- Rate of Surgery and Baseline Characteristics Associated With Surgery Progression in Young Athletes With Prearthritic Hip Disorders.Orthopaedic journal of sports medicine · 2020Article
- The clinical presentation, diagnosis and pathogenesis of symptomatic sports-related femoroacetabular impingement (SRFAI) in a consecutive series of 1021 athletic hips.Hip international : the journal of clinical and experimental research on hip pathology and therapy · 2019Article
- Correlation between the range of rotation of the hip and the radiographic signs of cam and pincer morphology in femoroacetabular impingement syndrome.Radiologia brasileiraArticle
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Abstract
purposeFemoroacetabular impingement (FAI) syndrome is characterized by a triad: symptoms, clinical signs and imaging findings. Some individuals, especially athletes, have only imaging alterations. The objective of this study was to evaluate the prevalence of cam and pincer morphology in professional soccer players compared with a control group of non-athletes and to investigate the association between the age at which players start playing competitive soccer more than three times per week and duration of the soccer career with the prevalence of these radiographic findings.
methodsThe prevalence of cam and pincer morphology in sixty professional adult male soccer players and thirty-two male controls was determined using pelvic anteroposterior radiography. Data were recorded for all hips and correlated with the age at which the players started competitive soccer practice and with the duration of their soccer career.
resultsThe prevalence of morphological FAI in the soccer players was 92.5% versus 28.1% in the controls (p < 0.001). The duration of the soccer career was positively correlated with the alpha angle (p = 0.033) and negatively correlated with the retroversion index (p = 0.009). The age at which competitive play began was inversely correlated with the alpha angle (p < 0.001).
conclusionThe study showed a high prevalence of cam and pincer morphology in Brazilian professional soccer players compared with controls. The duration of the soccer career was associated with an increased alpha angle and a decreased retroversion index, and the age at which competitive soccer participation began was negatively associated with alpha angle values. Finally, this manuscript provides data about the association between greater exposure to soccer and cam and pincer morphological changes in the hip; specifically, cam morphology was more common in patients who began participating in sports at earlier ages. This information serves as an alert for coaches of youth teams to manage the training load in youth athletes. LEVEL OF EVIDENCE: III.
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