Defining the Minimal Clinically Important Difference in Athletes Undergoing Arthroscopic Correction of Sports-Related Femoroacetabular Impingement

Defining the Minimal Clinically Important Difference in Athletes Undergoing Arthroscopic Correction of Sports-Related Femoroacetabular Impingement

Measures of clinically meaningful improvement in patient-reported outcomes within orthopaedics are becoming aminimum requirement to establish the success of an intervention.

Hip arthroscopic surgery as a treatment intervention for
symptomatic femoroacetabular impingement (FAI) is well
established. Outcomes from this preservation surgery
have been shown to significantly improve pain.

Defining the Minimal Clinically Important Difference in Athletes Undergoing Arthroscopic Correction of Sports-Related Femoroacetabular Impingement

  • The Hip and Groin Clinic
  • International Society for Hip Arthroscopy
  • Whitfield Clinic
  • Queen's University Belfast
  • Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow
  • RCSI Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland