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Knee Surgery, Sports Traumatology, Arthroscopy
Published in: Knee Surgery, Sports Traumatology, Arthroscopy 6/2023

Open Access 22-03-2023 | Hip Arthroscopy | HIP

High-level soccer players have a low rate of return to performance after hip arthroscopy for femoroacetabular impingement syndrome

Authors: Sofie Sjövall Anari, Alexander Olsson, Axel Öhlin, Neel Desai, Eric Hamrin Senorski, Mikael Sansone, Ida Lindman

Published in: Knee Surgery, Sports Traumatology, Arthroscopy | Issue 6/2023

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Abstract

Purpose

Femoroacetabular impingement syndrome (FAIS) is a known cause of impaired sports performance in athletes and the relationship between FAIS and soccer players has previously been described. Hip arthroscopy is a viable treatment option that can facilitate athletes’ return to sport (RTS). The aim of this study was to evaluate the RTS and return to performance (RTP) with objective measurements in high-level soccer players after hip arthroscopy for FAIS.

Method

Soccer players, with a hip sports activity scale (HSAS) level of 7 or 8 before symptom onset and undergoing hip arthroscopy for FAIS between 2011 and 2019 were identified in the Gothenburg hip arthroscopic registry. A total of 83 high-level soccer players, with a mean age of 23.9 (SD 4.4) years at surgery, were included. To verify the activity level and further stratify players as elite or sub-elite, player statistics were collected from soccer-specific scout webpages and the Swedish national soccer association. The return to sport was defined as return to one game of soccer. Return to performance was defined as playing at the same level, or higher, and participating in at least 80% of the number of games played the season before symptom onset or the season before surgery either the first or second season after hip arthroscopy.

Results

In total, 71 (85.5%, 95% confidence interval (CI) 76.1–92.3%) of the players returned to sport the first or second season after surgery. Compared to the season before symptom onset, 31 (37.3%, 95% CI 27.0–48.7%) players returned to performance the first or second season after surgery, and 32 (38.6%, 95% CI 28.1–49.9%) players returned to performance the first or second season after surgery compared to the season before surgery.

Conclusion

A high rate of elite and sub-elite soccer players return to soccer after hip arthroscopy for FAIS. However, less than half of the players RTP when evaluating performance through level of play and number of games played.

Level of evidence

Level IV.
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Metadata
Title
High-level soccer players have a low rate of return to performance after hip arthroscopy for femoroacetabular impingement syndrome
Authors
Sofie Sjövall Anari
Alexander Olsson
Axel Öhlin
Neel Desai
Eric Hamrin Senorski
Mikael Sansone
Ida Lindman
Publication date
22-03-2023
Publisher
Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Published in
Knee Surgery, Sports Traumatology, Arthroscopy / Issue 6/2023
Print ISSN: 0942-2056
Electronic ISSN: 1433-7347
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00167-023-07336-9

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