Conventional magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) may be an effective alternative to minimally invasive MR arthrography for the diagnosis of hip labral tears, a common cause of hip pain, according to ...

Purpose Gluteal tendinopathy (GT) is a source of lateral hip pain, yet common clinical diagnostic tests have limited validity. Patients with GT are often misdiagnosed, resulting in inappropriate ...

MRI reveals that greater trochanteric fractures of the hip that are diagnosed as isolated on X-ray are frequently underestimated and are neither isolated nor minor, say a pair of researchers from ...

Results from this study on the identification of grade 3 and 4 chondral defects in the hip indicated the sensitivity and specificity of 3-T MRI for this function. Researchers included 606 patients ...

Background Hip disorders are common in field based athletes. To date there have been no studies profiling hips in elite level rugby. Objective Identify the prevalence of hip disorders (clinical and ...

The most common type of hip fracture, the femoral neck fracture, increases the risk of complications for the patients. A special type of MRI developed at Hospital for Special Surgery in ...

MRI effective in the diagnosis of persistent pediatric hip pain British researchers said MRI can be useful for these young patients who lack a diagnosis because it offers good soft tissue detail.

Diagnosing hip labral tears often involves the use of MR arthrography, a minimally invasive procedure that involves the injection of contrast material into the hip.