Background Increased alpha angle of the hip is associated with femoroacetabular impingement (FAI). Decreased hip range of motion (ROM) and hip adductor/abductor muscular imbalances are reportedly ...

We reproduced this observation when measuring bone rather than cartilage alpha angles at 2 o’clock and 3 o’clock. In the skeletally immature hip, the ossified femoral head is small relative to the ...

Background: Femoroacetabular impingement (FAI) is predominant in young male athletes, but not much is known about gait differences in cases of increased hip alpha angles. In our study, the hip ...