Hip pain from the orthopeadic point of view.

The hip and its disorders represent a clinical, diagnostic and therapeutic challenge greater than any other joints. Clinical symptoms are usually non specific and provocative maneuvers are sometimes unreliable, pain might be referred even from other joints and many times accurate assessment need imaging techniques. New surgical options, especially the latest development of hip arthroscopy has open horizons for treating intraarticular disorders. In this review article we will review basic clinical assessment and what we need as orthopeadic surgeons from radiology.