David J Hunter, Jillian Eyles, Nicholas J Murphy, Libby Spiers, Alexander Burns, Emily Davidson, Edward Dickenson, Camdon Fary, Nadine E Foster, Jurgen Fripp, Damian R Griffin, Michelle Hall, Young Jo Kim, James M Linklater, Robert Molnar, Ales Neubert, Rachel L O'Connell, John O'Donnell, Michael O'Sullivan, Sunny Randhawa, Stephan Reichenbach, Florian Schmaranzer, Parminder Singh, Phong Tran, David Wilson, Honglin Zhang, Kim L Bennell
BACKGROUND: Arthroscopic surgery for femoroacetabular impingement syndrome (FAI) is known to lead to self-reported symptom improvement. In the context of surgical interventions with known contextual effects and no true sham comparator trials, it is important to ascertain outcomes that are less susceptible to placebo effects. The primary aim of this trial was to determine if study participants with FAI who have hip arthroscopy demonstrate greater improvements in delayed gadolinium-enhanced magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of cartilage (dGEMRIC) index between baseline and 12 months, compared to participants who undergo physiotherapist-led management...
August 16, 2021: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders