Naudie 2011.

Trial name or title	Hip Arthroscopy Versus Conservative Management of Femoroacetabular Impingement
Methods	Randomized parallel open label efficacy trial
Participants	Inclusion criteria: Patients with femoroacetabular impingement of the hip 18 years of age or older Grade 1, 2 or 3 radiographic severity of osteoarthritis as defined by the Tonnis classification scale Exclusion criteria: Identified isolated labral tear Inflammatory or post‐infectious arthritis Previous arthroscopic treatment for hip osteoarthritis Previous major hip trauma Tönnis grade 4 osteoarthritis in two compartments in persons over 60 years of age Patients with a major neurologic deficit, serious medical illness (life expectancy less than 2 years or high intra‐operative risk) or those who are unable to provide informed consent or who are deemed unlikely to comply with follow‐up
Interventions	Arthroscopic surgery of the hip plus optimised medical management versus Physical therapy aimed at strengthening and stabilisation of the hip and appropriate analgesic and anti‐inflammatory medication
Outcomes	Primary outcome measures: Hip Outcome Score (HOS) (time frame: 24 months) Secondary outcome measures: Non‐Arthritic Hip Score (time frame: 2 weeks, and at months 3, 6, 12, 18, and 24) Modified Harris Hip Score (time frame: 2 weeks, and at months 3, 6, 12, 18, and 24) SF‐12 (time frame: 2 weeks, and at months 3, 6, 12, 18, and 24) Range of Motion (time frame: 2 weeks, and at months 3, 6, 12, 18, and 24)
Starting date	May 2011
Contact information	Stacey Wanlin tel: 519‐661‐2111 ext 80946 email: swanlin@uwo.ca
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