TY - JOUR T1 - What treatment options exist for patients with femoroacetabular impingement syndrome but without surgical indication? JF - British Journal of Sports Medicine JO - Br J Sports Med SP - 552 LP - 553 DO - 10.1136/bjsports-2017-098059 VL - 52 IS - 9 AU - Nicola C Casartelli AU - Mario Bizzini AU - Joanne Kemp AU - Florian D Naal AU - Michael Leunig AU - Nicola A Maffiuletti Y1 - 2018/05/01 UR - http://bjsm.bmj.com/content/52/9/552.abstract N2 - The most appropriate management for patients with femoroacetabular impingement (FAI) syndrome is a subject of much debate in sports medicine and orthopaedics. The recent Warwick Consensus Meeting proposed three main treatment approaches for patients with FAI syndrome: conservative care, physiotherapy-led rehabilitation or hip surgery.1 Most of the ongoing research focuses on investigating the effectiveness of hip surgery for FAI syndrome. Such studies—even if highly relevant—provide little information on non-surgical protocols for managing patients with a diagnosis of FAI syndrome who are still not candidates for hip surgery.2 Recently, the Warwick Consensus Meeting agreed on the criteria that should lead to a diagnosis of FAI syndrome.1 These criteria include the presence of symptoms, clinical signs and imaging findings. In contrast, indications for hip surgery in patients with a diagnosis of FAI syndrome are vague.3 Besides the level of hip joint damage, which might favour the surgical option for patients with early stages of chondral lesion and severe morphologies, the failure of non-surgical management is frequently considered the most important … ER -