Osteoarthritis of the hip Wheeless

Description: Hip: - clinical features:
- pain on wt-bearing felt in the groin, buttock, or medial thigh;
- trendelenburg gait will decrease mechanical stress on joint and thereby lessen pain (see forces acting on hip joint);
- pain during sleep results from loss of protective function of muscular splinting;
- in some cases, a patient w/ OA of the hip will experience acute hip pain which often correlates w/ rupture of subcondral cyst into the joint;
Wheeless' Textbook of Orthopaedics