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Restricted Hip Rotation Is Correlated With an Increased Risk for Anterior Cruciate Ligament Injury.
The primary purpose was to compare ipsilateral hip internal rotation (IR) in male and female athletes with or without an anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) tear. A secondary purpose was to compare radiographic markers of femoroacetabular impingement (FAI) in patients with or without an ACL tear.
For every 10° increase in hip IR, the odds of having an ACL tear decreased by a factor of 0.419 (P = .015).
Risk of ACL injury is associated with restricted hip IR, and as hip IR increases, the odds of having an ACL tear decreases. In addition, ACL injury is associated with FAI in a generalized population of male and female athletes, although causality cannot be determined and most ACL-injured patients do not exhibit hip complaints.
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