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The snapping hip syndrome

1984; SAGE Publishing; Volume: 12; Issue: 5 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1177/036354658401200504

1552-3365

James E. Schaberg, Marion C. Harper, William C. Allen,

Neurogenetic and Muscular Disorders Research

The snapping hip syndrome is a symptom complex characterized by hip pain and an audible snapping of the hip with exercise typically seen in young individuals. "External" and "internal" etiologies have been de scribed, although the "internal" etiology is poorly un derstood. A clinical, radiographic, and anatomical study of eight patients with this disorder, secondary to an internal etiology, was undertaken to aid in the diagnosis and surgical treatment. Iliopsoas bursography with cineradiography revealed subluxation of the iliopsoas tendon to be an apparent cause of the snapping hip. The anatomy of the hip in relationship to the iliopsoas tendon is defined with the anterior inferior iliac spine, iliopectineal eminence, and lesser trochanter assuming a significant role in the syndrome. An operative approach involving a partial release and lengthening of the iliopsoas tendon, with minimal resec tion of a lesser trochanteric bony ridge, if involved, is described.