RT Journal Article SR Electronic T1 Femoroacetabular impingement surgery: are we moving too fast and too far beyond the evidence? JF British Journal of Sports Medicine JO Br J Sports Med FD BMJ Publishing Group Ltd and British Association of Sport and Exercise Medicine SP 782 OP 784 DO 10.1136/bjsports-2014-093821 VO 49 IS 12 A1 Michael P Reiman A1 Kristian Thorborg YR 2015 UL http://bjsm.bmj.com/content/49/12/782.abstract AB Femoroacetabuler impingement (FAI) is becoming increasingly recognised as a potential pathological entity for individuals with hip pain. Surgery described to correct FAI has risen exponentially in the past 10 years with the use of hip arthroscopy. Unfortunately, the strength of evidence supporting both the examination and treatment of FAI does not appear to accommodate this exponential growth. In fact, the direction currently taken for FAI is similar to previously described paths of other orthopaedic and sports medicine pathologies (eg, shoulder impingement, knee meniscus tear) for which we have learned valuable lessons. The time has come for improved terminology, study design, and focus on delineation of successful treatment variables in the interest of those individuals with clinical indications of FAI so that we can appropriately address their needs.