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In vivo interrelationships between the gluteus minimus and hip joint capsule in the hip internal rotation position with flexion

Authors: Masahiro Tsutsumi, Akari Saiki, Isao Yamaguchi, Akimoto Nimura, Hajime Utsunomiya, Keiichi Akita, Shintarou Kudo

Published in: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders | Issue 1/2024

Abstract

Background

The flexion adduction internal rotation (FADIR) test is performed by the combined motions of hip flexion (with knee flexion), adduction, and internal rotation, and can often reproduce anterior hip pain consistent with an individual’s presenting pain. Since it has high sensitivity for intraarticular pathology diagnosis but low specificity, understanding the extraarticular pathology that can induce anterior hip pain in the FADIR test may also be essential. This study hypothesized that the interrelationships between the joint capsule and gluteus minimus differ in individuals with and without FADIR-positive pain and aimed to elucidate the in vivo interrelationships at hip internal rotation in 90°-flexion, which is also often restricted in individuals with FADIR-positive pain.

Methods

Ten hips were included in the FADIR-positive group, and ten hips without hip pain in the FADIR test were included in a control group. Based on the ultrasound images at the four hip rotation conditions (20° and 10° external rotations, 0° external/internal rotation, and 10° internal rotation), orientation measurements of the gluteus minimus (muscle belly portion) and joint capsule were performed and quantitatively compared between the FADIR-positive and control groups. Additionally, 3 hips of 3 participants were randomly selected from each of the control and FADIR-positive groups for magnetic resonance imaging analysis.

Results

At 0°-external/internal and 10°-internal rotation, on ultrasound images, fibers of the gluteus minimus and joint capsule in the FADIR-positive group were significantly more oriented in the same direction than those in the control group. Magnetic resonance imaging showed that the loose connective tissue between the gluteus minimus and joint capsule was prominent at 10°-internal rotation in the control group, although this was not apparent in the FADIR-positive group.

Conclusions

At hip internal rotation in 90° flexion, the muscular belly portion of the gluteus minimus and joint capsule were oriented in the same direction to a greater extent in the FADIR-positive group than in the control group owing to a morphological change in the loose connective tissue between them. The pathological changes in the loose connective tissue may inhibit smooth movement of the gluteus minimus relative to the joint capsule in individuals with FADIR-positive pain.

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Title: In vivo interrelationships between the gluteus minimus and hip joint capsule in the hip internal rotation position with flexion
Authors: Masahiro Tsutsumi
Akari Saiki
Isao Yamaguchi
Akimoto Nimura
Hajime Utsunomiya
Keiichi Akita
Shintarou Kudo
Publication date: 01-12-2024
Publisher: BioMed Central
Published in: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders / Issue 1/2024
Electronic ISSN: 1471-2474
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1186/s12891-024-07188-5

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In vivo interrelationships between the gluteus minimus and hip joint capsule in the hip internal rotation position with flexion

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Background

Methods

Results

Conclusions

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