Table 3.
Study characteristics of the snapping group
| Year & Author | Study design |
Syndrome (Study description) |
Inclusion duration Year, months |
Patients included (male) |
Mean age (range) |
Duration of symptoms, m (range) | Duration of conservative treatment, m |
Mean follow-up, m (range) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1986, Zoltan et al [71] | Retrospective | CSE + GTB | n/a | 7 (4) |
25 (21–33) |
(4–48) | n/a |
55 (12–76) |
|
2004, Provencher et al [44] |
Retrospective | CSE | 4y, 8 m | 8 (4) |
25.6 (21–38) |
25.2 (16–39) |
13 |
22,9 (7–38) |
|
2004, White et al [62] |
Retrospective | CSE | 7y, 8 m | 11 (3) |
41.1 (21–65) |
(2 m-decades) | n/a |
32.5 A (9–74) |
| 2006, Ilizaliturri et al [22] | Retrospective | CSE | 2y, 4 m | 10 (1) |
26 (21–35) |
31 (10–38) |
n/a |
24 (12–36) |
|
2011, Nam et al [39] |
Retrospective | CSE | 6y, 4 m | 7 (5) |
26 (21–33) |
192 (120–360) |
n/a |
87 (47–122) |
|
2012, Sayed-Noor et al [52] |
Retrospective | CSE | 2y, 2 m | 5 (2) |
32.8 (20–44) |
n/a | 6–12 |
12 (12–12) |
| 2013, Polesello et al [42] | Retrospective | CSE | 2y, 0 m | 8 (1) |
35 (18–55) |
36 (16–84) |
> 3 |
32 (22–45) |
|
2013, Zini et al [70] |
Retrospective | CSE | 6y, 3 m | 14 (3) |
25.7 (18–37) |
18,14 (10–48) |
> 6 |
39.5 (12–84) |
|
2014, Yoon et al [68] |
Retrospective | CSE | 1y, 10 m | 7 (2) |
35 (25–49) |
36 (24–120) |
> 3 |
19 (12–33) |
|
2017, Park et al [40] |
Retrospective | CSE + GTB | 2y, 8 m | 17 (17) |
20.8 (20–22) |
28.5 (2,8–120) |
> 3–4 |
18.2 (8–24) |
|
2018, Dai et al [11] |
Retrospective | CSE + GT | 6y, 1 m | 48 (18) |
20.8 (18–28) |
162 (96–228) |
n/a |
28.3 (24–48) |
|
2020, Kim et al [24] |
Retrospective | CSE | 1y, 7 m | 8 (8) |
23.6 (18–41) |
10.75 (4–24) |
> 6 |
> 6 (n/a) |
Abbreviations: n/a Not available, m Months, CSE Coxa saltans exterma, GTB Greater trochanteric bursitis, GT Gluteal tendinopathy, ITB Iliotibial band
A-Follow-up was based on 16 patients not excluding the 5 patients < 18 years old