TY - JOUR T1 - What causes cam deformity and femoroacetabular impingement: still too many questions to provide clear answers JF - British Journal of Sports Medicine JO - Br J Sports Med SP - 263 LP - 264 DO - 10.1136/bjsports-2015-094773 VL - 50 IS - 5 AU - Rintje Agricola AU - Harrie Weinans Y1 - 2016/03/01 UR - http://bjsm.bmj.com/content/50/5/263.abstract N2 - Cam deformities of the femoral head contribute to femoroacetabular impingement (FAI) and correlates strongly with development of osteoarthritis.1 Surgery on patients with FAI is performed with increasing frequency; it is unknown whether this prevents osteoarthritis in later life.2 As cam deformity is triggered during late puberty by impact loading of the hip, it is important to elucidate the aetiology of cam deformity.Sex, genetics and physical activity appear to influence whether or not a cam deformity develops. The prevalence of cam deformity is as high as 89% in athletes participating in activities that result in impact loading of the hip as compared to only 9% in non-athletic controls.3 What explains these differences? More than 40 years ago, Murray and Duncan4 recognised that by the loads applied to the hip during skeletal growth influenced, at least in part, development of a cam deformity. They postulated that cam deformity resulted from a mild undiagnosed slipped capital femoral epiphysis (SCFE) in young athletes but recent studies in adolescent athletes suggest SCFE is not involved.5 Hence, cam deformity result from bone adaptation in response to vigorous hip loading, which means that it should be … ER -