Effect of Post-operative Brace on Pain and Patient Outcomes Following Hip Arthroscopy for FAIS

Alexander Weber

Status: Active, not recruiting

Conditions: Hip Arthroscopy

Treatments: Other: Brace

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT05592353

HS-20-00060

Details and patient eligibility

About

The routine application of hip brace following hip arthroscopy for femoroacetabular impingement syndrome (FAIS) has no proven clinical benefits. This study will investigate whether the application of hip brace affects the post-operative course and patient reported outcomes in patients undergoing hip arthroscopy for FAIS.

Enrollment: 100 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Patient age of 18 years or older
• Patients with femoroacetabular impingement syndrome (FAIS) and who are candidates for surgical treatment with hip arthroscopy

Exclusion criteria

• Patient age < 18 years
• Patients with FAIS who are not surgical candidates (surgical therapy is not indicated)
• Patients with previous, ipsilateral hip procedures

Trial design

Primary purpose: Supportive Care

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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100 participants in 2 patient groups

Brace

Active Comparator group

Treatment:

Other: Brace

No Brace

No Intervention group