Is the Femoral-Epiphyseal Acetabular Roof (FEAR) index associated with hip pain in patients with hip dysplasia?

Lisa Cecilie Urup ReimerMarkus SchmidJoão BarrosoBenedicte HovindDunia HessainMarie BallingStig Storgaard JakobsenInger Mechlenburg

Published in: Acta radiologica (Stockholm, Sweden : 1987) (2022)

The FEAR index was not associated with hip pain, function, and quality of life among patients with hip dysplasia. This study did not find evidence supporting that instability defined by the FEAR index caused pain in patients with hip dysplasia.

Keyphrases

total hip arthroplasty
chronic pain
pain management
neuropathic pain
prefrontal cortex
spinal cord
postoperative pain