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Hip Stress Fracture

  • See Also
  1. Stress Fracture
  2. Hip Fracture
  3. Hip Pain
  4. Hip Exam
  • Types
  1. Hip Avulsion Fracture
  2. Femoral Neck Stress Fracture
  3. Femoral Shaft Stress Fracture
  4. Inferior Pubic Ramus Stress Fracture
  • Risk Factors
  1. See Stress Fracture
  • Exam
  1. See Hip Exam
  • Symptoms
  1. Early
    1. Subtle, Muscle Strain-like symptoms
  2. Next
    1. Morning stiffness
    2. Referred Knee Pain or Medial thigh pain
  3. Next
    1. Inability to bear weight with Exercise
  4. Next
    1. Gradually pain increases with walking
  • Signs
  1. Antalgic Gait (painful limp)
  2. No external deformity
  3. Mild pain on passive and active range of motion
  • Imaging
  1. Hip XRay
  2. MRI Hip
    1. Indicated if Hip XRay is non-diagnostic
  • Management
  1. See Hip Avulsion Fracture
  2. See Femoral Neck Stress Fracture
  3. See Femoral Shaft Stress Fracture
  4. See Inferior Pubic Ramus Stress Fracture
  • References
  1. Shahideh (2013) Crit Dec Emerg Med 27(9):10-18