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. 2021 Aug 24;50(6):1727–1741. doi: 10.1177/03635465211023500

Table 9.

Comparing Pincer, Mixed, and Cam Morphology in a Variety of Sports a

Definition of Deformity Prevalence of Morphology, %
Author Sport Pincer Cam Pincer Mixed Cam
Boykin (2013) 5 Rowing LCEA >40°, a crossover sign, or coxa profunda / protrusio AA >50° 0 24 48
Brunner (2016) 6 Ice hockey Acetabular depth ≤3 mm (coxa profunda) and/or a negative angle of the cranial portion of the acetabulum (acetabular retroversion) Large decrease of the anterior head-neck offset 23 18 27
Carton (2019) 10 Gaelic football and hurling Crossover sign on AP pelvis, a clear bony prominence, or rim fracture on the acetabular rim on the false profile view AA >55° (Dunn view) or AA >65° (AP view) 100 72
Casartelli (2018) 11 Ice hockey Acetabular retroversion and/or depth ≤3 mm AA >60° 1 1 7
Degen (2016) 15 Baseball LCEA >40° AA >50° 58 98
Dickenson (2016) 17 Golf Negative measure of acetabular depth AA >55° 0 16
Fukushima (2016) 21 Baseball LCEA ≥40°, acetabular roof obliquity ≤0°, crossover sign, posterior wall sign, and coxa profunda Pistol grip deformity 40, Asians; 31, non-Asians 29, Asian; 38, non-Asian 14, Asians; 10, non-Asians
Gerhardt (2012) 23 Soccer Coxa profunda, protrusio acetabuli, reduced extrusion index, and an acetabular index <0 AA >55°, excessive bone formation at the femoral head-neck junction, loss of normal femoral head sphericity, or flattening of the femoral head-neck offset on frog-leg lateral hip radiographs 27, male; 10, female 68, male; 50, female
Harris (2016) 25 Ballet Crossover sign, posterior wall sign, ischial spine sign, LCEA >40°, coxa profunda, protrusio acetabuli Undefined 74 32
Kang (2009) 28 Variety Undefined Undefined 12 5 56
Kapron (2012) 29 Soccer 7, LCEA >40°; 16, acetabular index <0° 55
Kapron (2015) 30 Soccer, skiing, volleyball, track and field LCEA >40° with or without acetabular index <0° AA >50° and/or femoral head-neck offset <8 mm 1 14
Knapik (2018) 31 American football Undefined AA >55° 0 73
Kolo (2013) 32 Ballet Undefined AA >55° 29, acetabular cartilages lesions >5 mm; 53, herniation pits 3
Lahner (2014) 33 Track and field LCEA >40° AA >55° 9, controls 5, controls 50
Larson (2013) 36 American football Positive crossover sign with the posterior acetabular wall at or lateral/medial to the center of the femoral head AA >55° 78 63 75
Lee (2016) 37 Baseball, soccer, taekwondo, weightlifting Crossover of the anterior wall of acetabulum over the posterior wall (focal crossover sign, figure-of-8 sign), coxa profunda, or acetabular protrusio AA >50° 28 17 55
Mariconda (2014) 39 Capoeira Crossover sign, acetabular index ≤0°, and/or LCEA ≥39° AA >50° and/or femoral head-neck offset <8 mm 38 33 92
Menge (2017) 40 Soccer Undefined Undefined 90
Monckeberg (2017) 41 Soccer Crossover sign or LCEA >40° AA >55° or decreased anterior femoral offset <8 mm 42, asymptomatic skeletally immature; 51, mature 47, asymptomatic skeletally immature athletes; 49, mature
Nepple (2012) 44 American football Acetabular retroversion Abnormal AA 85 62 72
Polat (2019) 48 Soccer CEA >39°, decreased Tönnis angles <0° on AP views and crossover signs AA >55°, decreased anterior femoral offset <10 mm, and pistol grip deformity 2 2 26
Ross (2015) 51 Ice hockey Crossover sign or LCEA >40° Increased AA 6 90
Yépez (2017) 60 Soccer CEA ≥35° or acetabular index ≤0° AA ≥55° or head–neck offset <7 mm 11 78
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The highest percentage values were recorded irrespective of the view used. AA, alpha angle; AP, anterior-posterior; CEA, center-edge angle; LCEA, lateral center-edge angle.