Hip Pain

Hip pain is a common cause of pain and disability among older adults prevalence of hip pain in the general population is 10 % and this increases with age hip OA is one of the most common diagnosis in primary care adult patients Most common locations of patients with hip OA presenting in primary care are○ the greater trochanter○ groin○ thigh○buttock areas 450 patients per 100 000 populations present to the primary care annually with hip pain - of them○ 25 % resolve in 3 months○ 35 % at 12 months according to to CDC lifetime risk for symptomatic hip OA is 18.5 % and 28.6 % for women there is 25 % risk of developing hip OA for people who live to the age of 85 hip joint is the second most commonly affected large joints in the body after knee joint

Hip is a ball and socket joint- formed by femoral head and acetabulum The joint consists of○ articular cartilage○ subchondral bone○ synovium○ joint capsule the articular surfaces are spherical with a marked congruity which limits the ROM but contributes to the considerable stability of the joint the joint surface comprises articular cartilage- which is avasculararticular cartilage is...