Rehabilitation after Hip Arthroscopy

BackgroundHip arthroscopy has gained considerable popularity in the past decade [1].At present Femoroacetabular Impingement (FAI) is the most common indication for hip arthroscopy, though several other intra-articular conditions of the hip are also commonly treated.The most common indications for hip arthroscopy are shown in Table 1.Hip arthroscopy showed good results for several pathologies but a consistent rate (from five to 25%) of patient did not meet the preoperative expectation [2,3].To improve those results, several steps of the procedure are debated at the moment.One of the most common topics of debate is the post-operative rehabilitation [4].A number of post-operative physiotherapy protocols have been described in literature but there is no consensus on several aspects of rehabilitation in those patients.Rehabilitation is believed more complex after hip