Koichi Tomomatsu, Takaya Taniguchi, Hiroshi Hashizume, Teiji Harada, Toshiko Iidaka, Yoshiki Asai, Hiroyuki Oka, Shigeyuki Muraki, Toru Akune, Hiroshi Kawaguchi, Kozo Nakamura, Munehito Yoshida, Sakae Tanaka, Noriko Yoshimura, Hiroshi Yamada
Femoroacetabular impingement has increasingly been recognized as a cause of primary hip osteoarthritis; however, its epidemiological indications remain unclear. We aimed to clarify the epidemiological indications and factors associated with cam deformity in a large-scale population-based cohort in Japan. Overall, 1480 participants (2960 hips) (491 men, 989 women; mean age, 65.3 years) analyzed in the third survey of the Research on Osteoarthritis/Osteoporosis Against Disability study were included. The α angle and spinopelvic parameters (lumbar lordosis, sacral slope, pelvic tilt, and pelvic incidence) were radiographically measured...
January 18, 2024: Scientific Reports