Hip dysplasia is a commonly missed cause of hip and groin pain, catching, clicking, locking or popping, resulting from lack of coverage of the femoral head by the acetabulum.

How can you identify hip dysplasia in your hip or groin pain patients, and avoid misdiagnosing it as iliopsoas or adductor related groin pain? What signs and symptoms will your patients reveal in their subjective history that’ll help you identify this condition?

Find out the key signs and symptoms of hip dysplasia in this podcast with Tom Goom (Running Physio).

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• Jacobsen JS, Søballe K, Thorborg K, Bolvig L, Storgaard Jakobsen S, Hölmich P, Mechlenburg I. Patient-reported outcome and muscle–tendon pain after periacetabular osteotomy are related: 1-year follow-up in 82 patients with hip dysplasia. Acta orthopaedica. 2019 Jan 2;90(1):40-5.
• Nunley RM, Prather H, Hunt D, Schoenecker PL, Clohisy JC. Clinical presentation of symptomatic acetabular dysplasia in skeletally mature patients. JBJS. 2011 May 4;93(Supplement_2):17-21.
• O'Brien MJ, Jacobsen JS, Semciw AI, Mechlenburg I, Tønning LU, Stewart CJ, Heerey J, Kemp JL. Physical impairments in Adults with Developmental Dysplasia of the Hip (DDH) undergoing Periacetabular osteotomy (PAO): A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. International Journal of Sports Physical Therapy. 2022 Oct 1;17(6):988-1001.
• Reiman MP, Décary S, Mathew B, Reiman CK. Accuracy of clinical and imaging tests for the diagnosis of hip dysplasia and instability: a systematic review. journal of orthopaedic & sports physical therapy. 2019 Feb;49(2):87-97.

Chapters:

• 03:43 - Who develops hip dysplasia?
• 06:35 - Objective tests
• 09:11 - Hip dysplasia vs gluteal tendinopathy
• 10:45 - Hip dysplasia vs femoral neck stress structure 
• 14:13 - Key takeaways