Adhesivecapsulitisofthehip(ACH)isduetoretractionof thefibrousjointcapsuleofthehip.Despitethefact thatACH wasfirst describedbyCaroit et al. [2], therehavebeenfew publications on the condition since then [3,8,9,12] and its preciseaetiologyremainsunknown.Lequesneetal.described two kinds of ACH: idiopathicACH (due to diabetes, for example)andsecondaryACH(duetoosteochondromatosis,for example)[8,12].TheclinicalassessmentofACHissimilarto thatforadhesivecapsulitisoftheshoulder(ACS)andfeaturesa combinationof pain and restricted active andpassive joint motion. Thetreatmentcanbepharmacological,physicalorsurgical. Allincases,physiotherapyisessentialforlimitingdeficitsand functional impairments. Thepurposeofthispaperistoreviewthediagnosisofthis underestimated pathology [12] and examine therapeutic strategies.Wepresent threeclinicalcasereports.
Joassin, R., Vandemeulebroucke, M., Nisolle, J.-F., Hanson, P., & Deltombe, T. (2008). Capsulite rétractile de hanche : à propos de trois cas. Annales de réadaptation et de médicine physique, 51(4), 301-307. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.annrmp.2008.03.007 (Original work published 2008)