What makes a happy hip? Understanding FAI, arthroscopy and treatment outcomes

Dr. Joanne Kemp, research fellow at ACRISP (Australian Centre for Research into Injury in Sport and its Prevention) Federation University Australia, discusses Femoral Acetabular Impingement (FAI) and the overall health of the hip joint. Dr. Kemp completed her PhD at the University of Queensland in 2013. She remains very much involved in clinical physio practice as an APA sports physiotherapist and director of Bodysystem®. (@JoanneLKemp) An emerging voice in sports medicine, she explores some of the difficult questions regarding hip pathology. Do we know when surgery is appropriate for FAI, or when to opt for conservative treatment? Which outcomes should guide our clinical decision to treat patients with hip pathology? What are the long term implications for joint health after sports-related hip injury? Links to 3 of Dr Kemp’s papers here: Hip arthroscopy for intra-articular pathology: a systematic review of outcomes with and without femoral osteoplasty - http://bjsm.bmj.com/content/46/9/632.abstract Hip chondropathy at arthroscopy: prevalence and relationship to labral pathology, femoroacetabular impingement and patient-reported outcomes - http://bjsm.bmj.com/content/48/14/1102.abstract What fooled us in the knee may trip us up in the hip: lessons from arthroscopy - http://bjsm.bmj.com/content/48/16/1200.extract Follow @JoanneLKemp on Twitter