Hip Joint Flashcards

1
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Percentage of innominate bones that make up acetabulum

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Ilium and Ischium: 75%

Pubis: 25%

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Which way is the femur’s convexity?

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Anterior

  • -> Compression force posteriorly
  • -> Tensile force anteriorly
  • -> Increased weight bearing tolerance
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Femoral Head

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Projects medially and slightly anteriorly

2/3 of a nearly perfect sphere

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Femoral Neck

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  • Common site of fx

- Displaces the shaft of the femur away from the joint –> reduces chance of bony impingement

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5
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Intertrochanteric line

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  1. Anterior

2. Attachment of ligaments

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Intertrochanteric crest

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  1. Posterior

2. Joins neck and shaft of femur

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Acetabular labrum

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Increases stability of hip joint - deepens socket

  • Fibrocartilage
  • Semi-circular
  • Thicker medially, superiorly, posteriorly
  • Helps reduce friction between bony surfaces
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Femoral Neck Angle of Inclination

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Angle between longitudinal axis of femoral neck to that of femoral shaft, in frontal plane

Newborn: 140-150
Adults: 125

Coxa Vara: 105
Coxa valga: 140

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Femoral Torsion

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Relative twist between proximal and distal femur

  • Anteversion is normal
  • Measure using Craig’s test

Abnormal torsion common with CP

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Femoral Anteversion

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Normal, > 6 years old: 12-15
Newborn: 30-40 degrees

Excessive anteversion –> Toeing in gait
- Pt will sit comfortable in “w” (hockey goalie) position

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Femoral Retroversion

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Less common than anteversion

–> toe out gait (in order to improve congruency of joint surfaces)

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Congenital Hip Dysplasia

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Can either be:

  1. Dysplastic
  2. Dislocated

Treatment: Pavlik harness (ABD, ER, Flex)

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Legg-Calve Perthes Disease

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Avascular necrosis of femoral head, resulting in flattened femoral head

  • Boys 4-8 years old
  • Insidious onset of intermittent anterior groin pain, may radiate to thigh and knee
  • Antalgic gait
  • Limited IR
  • -> DJD

*Important to catch early

Treatment: Abduction orthosis

  • Keeps femoral head in acetabulum, increasing blood flow
  • May be worn up to 2 years
  • Take off for short periods during day
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Slipped Capital Femoral Epiphysis

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Displacement of epiphyseal plate

  • Males> Females
  • Sudden onset, not necessarily associated with trauma
  • Antalgic gait, leg ER
  • Limited IR
  • Pain can be felt in knee

Management: Stabilization

Often –> LLD

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Acetabular Labrum Tears

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  • Not necessarily assoc. with trauma
  • Young mean age: 38 years
    Presentation:
  • Constant deep ache in groin with periodic sharp pain (can radiate to knee)
  • Mechanical pain (locking, giving way)
  • Frequently present in conjunction with OA

Greater chance of being missed in younger populations

No great special tests
Gold standard for diagnosis: MRArthrograph

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Hip OA or DJD

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  • Often result of previous trauma or wear and tear
  • Pain, stiffness, loss of ROM, limp, or need for assistive device

Treatment: Pain management, muscle balance exercises (strength), THA
- Often tight flexors and adductors, weak extensors and abductors

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Imaging signs of hip OA

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  1. Decreased joint space
  2. Osteophytes (often around rim of acetabulum)
  3. Sclerosis (whitening of bone)
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18
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How long does THA last?

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15-20 years

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19
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Most common THA approach:

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Posterolateral

Lateral approach: Detach glut med, more limp afterward
Anterior approach: B/w TFL and IT band

20
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Femoral Fracture

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  • 20% die within a year, related to fx
  • 80% over 65 are female
  • Risk doubles each decade after 50 (osteoporosis + fall risk)
21
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Femoral neck fracture sign

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Injured limb is externally rotated with a shorten limb length on that side

22
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Hip Joint Capsule

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Attachments: Intertrochanteric line and lateral 1/3 of posterior neck

  • Very strong and thick
  • Forms a cylindrical sleeve
  • Encloses neck
  • -> Can hold everything together if there is a femoral neck fx without displacement
23
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Open/ close pack position of hip

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Open: Flex, ABD, ER
Closed: Ext, ABD, IR

Most congruent: 90 flex, mid range ABD and ER

24
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Hip joint ligaments

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Iliofemoral
Pubfemoral
Ischiofemoral

All 3 wind around femoral head
Limit extension as a whole
Allow for flexion

25
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Iliofemoral ligament

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  • AIIS to intertrochanteric line
  • Anterior lateral capsule
  • Strongest
  • AKA Y ligament
  • Limits extension and ER
  • Passive role in stance
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Pubofemoral ligament

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  • Medial inferior capsule surface
  • From superior ramus of pubic to neck of femur
  • Limits extension and abduction
27
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Ischiofemoral ligament

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  • Posterior capsule
  • Posterior acetabulum to femoral neck
  • Limits extension and IR
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Ligamentum Teres

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Small intracapsular ligament (from acetabulum to fovea of femur)

Key component to femoral head integrity

  • Arterial supply and innervation
  • Checks lat and sup subluxation
  • Possesses mechanoreceptors
29
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Bursas in hip

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Ilipectineal, trochanteric (multiple), ischial

30
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Blood supply to hip joint

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Branches of medial and lateral circumflex arteries

Ligamentum teres

31
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Nerve supply to hip joint

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Branches from obturator and gluteal nn.
Nerve to quadratus femoris
Representation L2-S1

32
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Normal ROM for hip motions

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Flexion: 120
Extension: 20 - more likely to lose than flex
Adduction: 25
Abduction: 45
IR: 35
ER: 45
33
Q

Which types of muscles tend to get tight?

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Two-Joint muscles

34
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Iliopsoas attachments

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Iliac fossa, Anterior T12-L5 –> Lesser trochanter

Action:

  • Hip flexion
  • Ant pelvic tilt
  • Lumbar extension
35
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Adductor group attachments

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Inferior pubic rami –> Adductor tubercle

Control hip and pelvic motion during WB

36
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Gluteus Maximus

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  • Large, single joint, quadrilateral shaped, thick, superficial
  • Posterior sacrum and ilium –> Posterior femur (distal to greater trochanter)
  • Fibers attach to IT band and thoracolumbar fascia
  • Weak glut max often compensate with hamstring
37
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Glut Med

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  • Ilium to greater trochanter
  • Critical in unilateral stance (control and stabilize pelvis)
  • OKC hip abduction (ext and ER)
  • CKC stabilize neutral pelvis
    “Money muscle” of hip
38
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TFL

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  • External lip of iliac crest –> IT tract –> Lateral tibial condyle
  • Flex, IR, ABD (pelvic stabilizer)

Often recruited when pt has weak glut med

39
Q

Piriformis syndrome

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  • Compression of sciatic nerve due to shortening and/or hypertonicity of piriformis
  • Radicular pain
  • Frequently associated with decrease in function of pelvic stabilizers
  • Sacral torsion can be present
40
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Biomechanics of walking : Sagittal plane

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  • Hip flex/ext: Often lacking ext, may flex knee early to compensate, or affect trunk position (look at arm swing)
  • Lumbar and knee actions
41
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Biomechanics of walking: Frontal plane

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  • Hip abd/ add
    Greatest deviation noted in single limb support
    Look to see pelvic obliquity change
    Trendelenburg gait
42
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Biomechanics of walking: Transverse plane

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  • IR/ER

Initial contact: ER of femur
Loading phase: progression into IR (eccentric ERors)
Terminal stance: Motion back toward ER

Problem: Fails to move into IR or moves into ER too quickly

43
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PROM exam for OA:

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  • Ext often restricted

- Capsular pattern of limitation has been proposed (IR, flex, ABD, ext) - and refuted.

44
Q

Why do a lateral glide of hip?

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Tight Adductors

45
Q

Why use direct hip traction vs. pulling at ankle?

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Knee pathology