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Sports Medicine
intermediate
X-Type

Hip Labral Tear Diagnosis Treatment

Hip Pathology

A 28-year-old female dancer presents with 12 months of anterior groin pain worse with activity, prolonged sitting, and pivoting movements. She describes occasional clicking and a feeling of instability. Examination shows a positive FADIR test (pain with flexion, adduction, internal rotation) and positive anterior impingement test. Hip range of motion is reduced in internal rotation at 90 degrees of flexion. MRA shows an anterosuperior labral tear with associated cam morphology. Regarding hip labral tears:

Mark each as TRUE or FALSE

A

The hip labrum is a fibrocartilaginous structure that deepens the acetabulum, increasing joint stabi...

B

FAI is classified as cam (aspherical femoral head/neck junction, typically anterior), pincer (acetab...

C

The posterior labrum is most commonly torn; the labrum has no role in hip stability; FAI is rarely a...

D

Clinical examination includes FADIR (flexion-adduction-internal rotation) test for anterior impingem...

E

Treatment ranges from conservative (activity modification, physiotherapy, NSAIDs, injection) to surg...

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Click T (True) or F (False) for each option