What Causes Hip Impingement?

Slipped Capital Femoral Epiphysis

Newly seen as one of the intermediate steps in the development of early-onset osteoarthritis, slipped capital femoral epiphysis results in a decrease in the range of motion of the hip as well as continuing labral damage and injury to the cartilage, causing symptoms of hip impingement. Every degree of slip, whether mild or severe, can lead to impingement. Slipped capital femoral epiphysis leads to symptomatic hip impingement in patients with a residual hip deformity characterized by the displacement of the capital femoral epiphysis. This leads to a prominence abutting on the rim of the socket. Surgical options do exist to treat the effects of this slippage.