The contour of the femoral head-neck junction as a predictor for the risk of anterior impingement.

Volume: 84, Issue: 4, Pages: 556 - 560
Published: May 1, 2002
Abstract
Impingement by prominence at the femoral head-neck junction on the anterior acetabular rim may cause early osteoarthritis. Our aim was to develop a simple method to describe concavity at this junction, and then to test it by its ability to distinguish quantitatively a group of patients with clinical evidence of impingement from asymptomatic individuals who had normal hips on examination. MR scans of 39 patients with groin pain, decreased...
Paper Details
Title
The contour of the femoral head-neck junction as a predictor for the risk of anterior impingement.
Published Date
May 1, 2002
Volume
84
Issue
4
Pages
556 - 560
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