Journal article
Efficacy of adding a physiotherapy rehabilitation programme to arthroscopic management of femoroacetabular impingement syndrome: a randomised controlled trial (FAIR)
Kim L Bennell, Libby Spiers, Amir Takla, John O'Donnell, Jessica Kasza, David J Hunter, Rana S Hinman
BMJ OPEN | BMJ PUBLISHING GROUP | Published : 2017
Abstract
OBJECTIVES: Although several rehabilitation programmes following hip arthroscopy for femoracetabular impingement (FAI) syndrome have been described, there are no clinical trials evaluating whether formal physiotherapy-prescribed rehabilitation improves recovery compared with self-directed rehabilitation. The objective of this study was to evaluate the efficacy of adding a physiotherapist-prescribed rehabilitation programme to arthroscopic surgery for FAI syndrome. DESIGN: Randomised controlled trial. METHODS: People aged ≥16 years with FAI syndrome scheduled for hip arthroscopy were recruited and randomly allocated to physiotherapy (PT) or control. The PT group received seven PT sessions (on..
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Awarded by National Health and Medical Research Council
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Awarded by Australian Research Council Future Fellowship
Funding Acknowledgements
This trial was funded by the National Health and Medical Research Council (program grant #631717), St Vincent's Private Hospital Fitzroy Campus and the Australian Hip Arthroscopy Education and Research Foundation. Kim Bennell (#1058440) and David Hunter (#1079777) are supported by NHMRC Fellowships, and Rana Hinman is supported by an Australian Research Council Future Fellowship (FT130100175).