The Femoro-Epiphyseal Acetabular Roof (FEAR) Index: A New Measurement Associated With Instability in Borderline Hip Dysplasia?

CONCLUSIONS: A painful hip with a LCEA of 25° or less and FEAR index less than 5° is likely to be stable, and in such a situation, the diagnostic focus might more productively be directed toward femoroacetabular impingement as a potential cause of a patient's pain, rather than instability. LEVEL OF EVIDENCE: Level III, diagnostic study. PMID: 27796801 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research - Category: Orthopaedics Authors: Tags: Clin Orthop Relat Res Source Type: research