Rehabilitation and return to sport after bilateral open surgery for femoroacetabular impingement in a professional ice hockey player: A case report

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Rehabilitation and return to sport after bilateral open surgery for femoroacetabular impingement in a professional ice hockey player: A case report

Nicola C. Casartelli Michael Leunig Romuald Lepers Mario Bizzini Nicola A. Maffiuletti

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Male medicine.medical_specialty medicine.medical_treatment Surgical hip dislocation Physical Therapy Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation Dehiscence Open surgery Femoracetabular Impingement Surgical Wound Dehiscence Arthroscopy Young Adult Ice hockey Postoperative Complications Physical medicine and rehabilitation Surgical Wound Dehiscence Prevalence Femoracetabular Impingement Humans Medicine Orthopedics and Sports Medicine [ SDV.MHEP.CHI ] Life Sciences [q-bio]/Human health and pathology/Surgery Physical Therapy Modalities Femoroacetabular impingement Hip surgery Hip Rehabilitation medicine.diagnostic_test Muscle strength business.industry Rehabilitation Arthroscopy General Medicine medicine.disease Return to Sport Hockey Physical therapy business human activities

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International audience; Background: The aim of this case report was to describe the rehabilitation and return to sport of a professional ice hockey player with symptomatic femoroacetabular impingement (FM) after bilateral open hip surgery.Case description: A 21-year-old professional ice hockey player with symptomatic FAT underwent bilateral surgical hip dislocations within a 6-week time period. After the second surgery (right hip), he experienced right hip pain due to iliotibial band dehiscence, which required additional revision surgery. The athlete underwent a standardized rehabilitation protocol. Hip muscle strength was objectively assessed during rehabilitation.Outcomes: Iliotibial band dehiscence did not allow the athlete to increase ipsilateral hip abductor strength. This prolonged the rehabilitation period for 12 weeks. The athlete returned to training on the ice without physical contact and to competitive matchplay after 7 and 8 months, respectively.Discussion: This case report showed that iliotibial band dehiscence occurred after open hip surgery and delayed the return to sport of this athlete. Standardized rehabilitation following bilateral open hip surgery was however successful for the return to sport of this professional ice hockey player with bilateral symptomatic FAI. (C) 2014 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

year	journal	country	edition	language
2015-05-01	Physical Therapy in Sport

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ptsp.2014.08.002