Femoroacetabular impingement and early arthritis

股髋臼撞击（FAI）是髋关节疼痛的常见原因，其特征是髋关节形成额外的骨，称为凸轮畸形。FAI被认为会造成髋关节损伤和骨关节炎。我们对两个（墨尔本和布里斯班）的FAI患者进行了为期5年的纵向研究，将调查两年内因素（如camam -畸形大小、髋关节接触力、肌肉力量和关节范围）是否可以预测髋关节损伤（用磁共振成像测量）。

Femoroacetabular impingement (FAI) is a common cause of hip pain characterised by extra bone formation at the hip, called a cam-deformity. FAI is thought to create hip joint damage and osteoarthritis. Our 5 year longitudinal study of people with FAI in two (Melbourne and Brisbane) sites will investigate whether factors (such as cam-deformity size, hip contact force, muscle strength and joint range) can predict hip joint damage (measured with magnetic resonance imaging) over two years.