Groin pain is a major cause of morbidity in athletes. Only in the last decade have acetabular labrum tears been recognised as a possible diagnosis. Awareness of this condition is important for ...

This week we are going to discuss injuries to the glenoid (shoulder) labrum and to the acetabular (hip) labrum. The labrum is a fibrocartilaginous O ring which supports and stabilizes the shoulder ...

Labral tears in the shoulder (glenoid labrum) are more common the in the hip (acetabular labrum). There are two general types of hip labral tears: degenerative tears and traumatic injuries.

Objective: Acetabular labral tears predominantly affect young patients and are a source of hip pain in the athlete. Four causes of the initiation of labral tears have been proposed; trauma, hypolaxity ...

A condition called “FAI” femoral acetabular impingement is into a pincer type shape of the hip joint or a cam type shape of the hip joint which can pinch the labrum and repetitively ...

Finally, the acetabular labrum is thoroughly evaluated from both the anterior and lateral portals. The presence of a labral tear is documented. When the torn labrum can be seen to infold into the ...