Persons with chronic hip joint pain exhibit reduced hip muscle strength.

ABSTRACT:

Study design

Controlled laboratory cross-sectional study. Objectives To assess strength differences of the hip rotator and abductor muscle groups in young adults with chronic hip joint pain (CHJP) and asymptomatic controls. A secondary objective was to determine if strength in the uninvolved hip of those with unilateral CHJP differs from that in asymptomatic controls.

Background

Little is known about the relationship between hip muscle strength and CHJP in young adults.

Methods

Thirty-five participants with CHJP and 35 matched controls (18 to 40 years of age) participated. Using handheld dynamometry, strength of the hip external rotators and internal rotators was assessed with the hip flexed to 90° and 0°. To assess external rotator and internal rotator strength, the

SUBMITTER: Harris-Hayes M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4216739 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature