A hip labral tear is an injury to the ring of cartilage (the labrum) around the hip socket. The labrum is essential for hip joint stability. The cartilage rim deepens the socket and holds the leg ...

Labral tears in the hip occur when the patient sustains significant trauma or repetitive microtrauma to the hip joint enough to damage the fibrocartilaginous labrum of the hip joint. The labrum ...

Though frustrating and difficult, hip pain is often preventable—and even when it isn't, it's nearly always treatable.

Background Surgery for hip femoroacetabular impingement/acetabular labral tear (FAI/ALT) is exponentially increasing despite lacking investigation of the accuracy of ...

This week we are going to discuss injuries to the glenoid (shoulder) labrum and to the acetabular (hip) labrum. The labrum is a fibrocartilaginous O ring which supports and stabilizes the shoulder ...

All participants had 3T MRI of dominant hip. Main Outcome Measurements Positive exam findings and labral tear on MRI. Results Labral tears were identified in 70 hips. Average alpha angle was 59 ...

Pain with sitting, driving or sex might be a hip joint issue that needs to be evaluated, Ochiai added. Putting it off can put you at risk of arthritis, especially if you had a labral tear ...

Another type of arthritis, called osteoarthritis, is a common cause of hip pain. The condition develops after considerable wear and tear on the joint. It particularly affects older adults and ...

Finally, videotapes from each patient's hip arthroscopy were ... The presence of a labral tear is documented. When the torn labrum can be seen to infold into the joint, debridement is done ...