Association of Hip Strength with the Hip Sports Test: A Functional Test to Measure Athlete’s Ability to Return to Sport Activity after Hip Arthroscopy

摘要

Objectives:Excellent clinical outcomes and high rates of return to pre-operative level of activity has been reported in athletes that underwent hip arthroscopy. However, physicians often struggle to decide whether or not in an athlete is able to return to full activity. The Hip sports test (HST), like the already established knee test, may be a useful assessment tool towards this direction. The purpose of our study was evaluate the the correlation of the hip muscle strength values with the HST performance of athlete (measured on the same day) during the post-operative rehabilitation period. Muscle strength could serve as a complimentary, to sports test, tool in order to evaluate the return to sport ability of the athletes.