(1) To assess the efficacy of a specific rehabilitation protocol for femoroacetabular impingement syndrome (FAIS), patients who underwent hip arthroscopy (HA) were compared with a control group. (2) Patients with symptomatic FAIS who were scheduled for HA were randomized either to a control group (n = 45, 66.6% men, 41.8 ± 12.4 years) following a general post-surgical treatment protocol or to an experimental group (n = 45, 71.2% men, 40.9 ± 7.6 years) following a specific rehabilitation protocol supervised by a physiotherapist. Range of motion (ROM), orthopedic tests and pain were assessed immediately before surgery and at 4 and 14 weeks after surgery. The hip functional status was assessed by the modified Harris Hip Score (mHHS) before surgery and at the end of follow-up. (3) At 14 weeks after surgery and compared with the control group, the experimental group showed a lower percentage of positives for hip provocation tests (15.6% vs. 46.6% on Faber test; 15.6% vs. 77.8% on Fadir test; 2.2% vs. 20% on Ober test, experimental vs. control group, p < 0.001), a greater improvement in mHHS (27.2 vs. 10.7 points, p < 0.001) and higher ROM for all the movements evaluated: flexion (99.6 ± 12.2 vs. 89.6 ± 4.5, p < 0.001), extension (20.6 ± 5.8 vs. 13.3 ± 2.6, p < 0.001), adduction (30.6 ± 5.7 vs. 23.4 ± 8.4, p < 0.001), abduction (43.4 ± 10.7 vs. 32.8 ± 8.4, p < 0.001) and both internal (28.2 ± 8.5 vs. 18.7 ± 6.1, p < 0.001) and external hip rotation (36.8 ± 9.3 vs. 27.4 ± 5.6. p < 0.001). The pain decreased after surgery for both groups, although the reduction was greater in the experimental group at the end of intervention (13.8 ± 16.1 vs. 34.9 ± 16.3 mm, experimental vs. control group, p < 0.001). (4) The specific and supervised rehabilitation program in patients with FAIS undergoing HA showed better benefits at 14 weeks of treatment than the benefits achieved by a care protocol in terms of pain reduction and recovery of hip motion.

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RESUMEN Objetivo: determinar la prevalencia y los factores preoperatorios asociados a la lesión del labrum acetabular en una serie única de pacientes intervenidos mediante cirugía artroscópica de cadera. Material y metodología: se realizó un estudio prospectivo de los hallazgos artroscópicos de 163 caderas, en 120 pacientes, con diagnóstico de choque femoroacetabular (CFA) intervenidos entre enero de 2012 y septiembre de 2016. Se determinó la prevalencia, la localización, la clasificación y los factores preoperatorios asociados a la lesión del labrum acetabular. Las lesiones del labrum acetabular se clasificaron según la clasificación propuesta por el grupo Multicenter Arthroscopic Hip Outcome Research Network (MAHORN). La edad media de los pacientes fue de 38 años y el grado de degeneración articular fue Tönnis 0, en 104 caderas, y Tönnis 1, en 59 caderas. Resultados: artroscópicamente, el tipo de CFA era mixto en 86 caderas (52,7%), de tipo Cam en 67 (41, 1%) y de tipo Pincer en 10 (6,2%). El labrum presentaba una morfología normal en 140 caderas (85,9%), era hipoplásico en 17 (9,8%) e hiperplásico en 6 (4,3%). Se detectó algún grado de rotura del labrum en 133 caderas (81,6%). La localización de las lesiones fue superior y anterior. Conclusión: en nuestro estudio no hemos encontrado factores preoperatorios del paciente que tengan relación con la presencia de lesión del labrum acetabular durante el procedimiento de la artroscopia de cadera. Nivel de evidencia: nivel IV. Palabras clave: Labrum acetabular. Artroscopia de cadera. Cadera. Choque femoroacetabular.

Subspine impingement syndrome by definition involves a prominent antero-inferior iliac spine (AIIS) which can lead to impingement on the femoral neck thereby causing symptoms. We present the case of a 22-year-old semi-professional athlete who presented with a Type III AIIS morphology leading to subspine impingement syndrome and was managed via a mini open anterior approach. Radiological examination revealed a fairly prominent left AIIS resembling the ‘horn of a rhino’ extending to the trochanteric region anteriorly. A mini-anterior surgical approach was utilized for the resection of the ‘rhino horn’ and the rectus femoris was reattached. The patient remained asymptomatic at the one-year follow-up and had resumed weightlifting. Following this case, we propose a new classification of the type III AIIS morphology in view of the clinical presentation. The AIIS type III-Standard represents an extension from the acetabular rim to less than 1 cm (type III-S) and type III-Large, with an extension from the acetabular rim beyond 1 cm (type III-L). The type III-L will further be divided into two groups based on its relation to the ilium, type III-Lr (‘rib shape’) and type III-Lrh (‘rhino horn’).