Prevalence of hip impingement syndrome in the general population v1.0

• Research type

  Research Study

• Full title

  Prevalence of hip femoroacetabular impingement (FAI) syndrome in the general population

• IRAS ID

  241544

• Contact name

  Rita Patel

• Contact email

  Rita.Patel@bristol.ac.uk

• Sponsor organisation

  University of Bristol

• Duration of Study in the UK

  1 years, 0 months, 31 days

• Research summary

  Hip impingement syndrome or femoroacetabular impingement (FAI) syndrome is a disorder of the hip, which causes hip pain in young adults. The condition was first described in 2003, and since then treatment has become popular, with increasing numbers of patients being treated with surgery. It has been suggested that hip impingement syndrome is associated with an increased risk of hip osteoarthritis. Despite the rapid increase in the numbers of patients being treated, the condition is not clearly understood.
  In order to diagnose hip impingement syndrome these symptoms and signs are required:
  1) Hip pain or clicking, catching or stiffness
  2) Restricted range of hip movement
  3) Lack of hip osteoarthritis and presence of certain types of hip shapes seen on X-ray

  The research team want to know how common hip impingement syndrome is; how common certain hip shapes seen on X-ray are; and what the association is between certain hip shapes and hip pain, in order to understand the condition better. To answer these questions the plan is to use existing data and X-rays from the Somerset and Avon Survey of Health (SASH) which collected data from 1993-1995 and 2002-2003, which is largely before the condition was first described in 2003. The research team will remove all information that could identify participants from the existing data (such as name and address) and replace this with a unique participant number for this study. Researchers will ensure that data are used in a way that cannot identify participants. This analysis will be conducted at the University of Bristol supervised by the Principal Investigator of the SASH study who is also a Co-Investigator of this study.

• REC name

  Social Care REC

• REC reference

  18/IEC08/0020

• Date of REC Opinion

  14 Jun 2018

• REC opinion

  Favourable Opinion