© 2003 BMJ Publishing Group & British Association of Sport and Exercise Medicine
REVIEW
Acetabular labrum and its tears
1 Whittington Hospital, London N19 5NF, UK
2 Barnett Hospital, London, UK
Correspondence to:
Correspondence to:
Dr Narvani, 69a Frognal, London NW3 6YA, UK;
alinarvani{at}hotmail.com
Groin pain is a major cause of morbidity in athletes. Only in the last decade have acetabular labrum tears been recognised as a possible diagnosis. Awareness of this condition is important for appropriate management. The basic science and pathological and clinical features of acetabular labrum tears are reviewed, and diagnostic and treatment options are presented.
Keywords: acetabular labrum; groin pain; hip joint
Abbreviations: MRI, magnetic resonance imaging; MRa, magnetic resonance arthrography
CiteULike 
Complore 
Connotea 
Del.icio.us 
Digg 
Reddit 
Technorati What's this?
This article has been cited by other articles:
-
Toomayan, G. A., Holman, W. R., Major, N. M., Kozlowicz, S. M., Vail, T. P.
(2006). Sensitivity of MR Arthrography in the Evaluation of Acetabular Labral Tears. Am. J. Roentgenol.
186: 449-453
[Abstract] [Full Text] -
Sundberg, T. P., Toomayan, G. A., Major, N. M.
(2006). Evaluation of the Acetabular Labrum at 3.0-T MR Imaging Compared with 1.5-T MR Arthrography: Preliminary Experience. Radiology
238: 706-711
[Abstract] [Full Text]
- Full Text
- Full Text (PDF)
- Submit a response
- Alert me when this article is cited
- Alert me when eLetters are posted
- Alert me if a correction is posted
- Citation Map
Services
- Email this link to a friend
- Similar articles in this journal
- Similar articles in PubMed
- Add article to my folders
- Download to citation manager
- Request Permissions
Citing Articles
Google Scholar
PubMed
Bookmark with
Register for free content
The full back archive is now available for all BMJ Journals. Institutional subscribers may access the entire archive as part of their subscription. Personal subscribers will also have access to all content when logged in. Non-subscribers who register have free access to all articles published before 2006 right back to volume 1 issue 1. Register here to access the free archive of all BMJ Journals.
Don't forget to sign up for content alerts so you keep up to date with all the articles as they are published.
