Prevalence of Femoroacetabular Impingement in Asymptomatic Patients

Ottawa Hospital Research Institute

Status: Completed

Conditions: Femoroacetabular Hip Impingement Syndrome

Treatments: Radiation: Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT00606047

2006-813

Details and patient eligibility

About

Femoroacetabular hip impingement syndrome is a newly recognized cause of early arthritis of the hip. In this condition a variation in the shape of the upper thigh bone causes it to repeatedly come in contact with the hip socket leading to cartilage damage and arthritis. The purpose of this study is to investigate whether patients without hip pain have variations at the hip joint such as those seen in hip impingement syndrome.

Full description

Participants in this study will be asked to come to the hospital after regular work hours for an MRI of the hip joints. Prior to the MRI, a physician will perform a range of motion check of the participants hips. The MRI will take approximately 20 minutes during which the participant will have to lie still in a closed space. Participants will receive a letter which can be forwarded to their family doctor if the MRI has any abnormal findings including signs of hip impingement.

Enrollment: 200 patients

Sex: All

Ages: Under 50 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• No hip problems
• No containdications to MRI

Exclusion criteria

• Patient does not meet above criteria

Trial design

200 participants in 1 patient group

Asymptomatic patients

Description:

Asymptomatic, healthy patients (without hip pain or prior hip disease) will be recruited. Patients will undergo a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of the hip joints to evaluate for the prevalence of femoroacetabular impingement (FAI).

Treatment:

Radiation: Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)