The Warwick Agreement on femoroacetabular impingement syndrome (FAI syndrome): an international consensus statement.


Griffin
DR, Dickenson EJ, O’Donnell J, Agricola R, Awan T, Beck M, Clohisy JC, Dijkstra
HP, Falvey E, Gimpel M, Hinman RS, Hölmich P, Kassarjian A, Martin HD, Martin R,
Mather RC, Philippon MJ, Reiman MP, Takla A, Thorborg K, Walker S, Weir A,
Bennell KL.
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J Sports Med. 2016 Oct;50(19):1169-1176. doi: 10.1136/bjsports-2016-096743.

“The
2016 Warwick Agreement on femoroacetabular impingement (FAI) syndrome was
convened to build an international, multidisciplinary consensus on the
diagnosis and management of patients with FAI syndrome.” The document provides
recommended terminology and addresses keys questions: 1) What is FAI syndrome? 2)
How should FAI syndrome be diagnosed? 3) What is the appropriate treatment of
FAI syndrome?, 4) What is the prognosis of FAI syndrome, 4) How should someone
with asymptomatic hip with cam or pincer morphology be managed? 5) Which
outcome measure should be used to assess treatment for FAI syndrome? 6) What
future research needs to be conducted?