Objective: Acetabular labral tears predominantly affect young patients and are a source of hip pain in the athlete. Four causes of the initiation of labral tears have been proposed; trauma, hypolaxity ...

Acetabular labrum tears (ALT) are present in 22–55% of individuals with hip or groin pain. Tears can occur as a result of trauma or degeneration and are markedly associated with femoral acetabular ...

A comparision of arthroscopic debridement and refixation of the acetabular labrum for femoroacetabular impingement showed that the refixation technique consistently produces good to excellent results ...

A hip (acetabular) labral tear is damage to cartilage and tissue in the hip socket. The labrum is a band of tough cartilage and connective tissue that lines the rim of the hip socket, or acetabulum.

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . The hip labrum is important for joint stability and kinematics and has nerve endings facilitating proprioception ...