Introduction: Musculoskeletal injuries, such as hip-related pain, are leading causes of pain and disability in the community. One of those is femoroacetabular impingement. Femoroacetabular impingement is a consequence of an irregular shape of the hip joint or limited joint distance between femoral head and acetabular rim, where the compression occurs. Ussualy, it appears with young and active individuals, aged between 20–45 years. The pain is present in the hip joint and groin, that can spread of the thigh's front side all the way down to the knee. The pain can also spread to the lumbar spine or the buttocks. Mostly it occurs with repeatable moves in the final range of motion of the flexion, adduction and internal rotation of the hip joint. However, pain from femoroacetabular impingement is commonly held to be aggravated with acceleration sports as well as squatting, climbing stairs and prolonged sitting. Additional symptoms such as stiffness, restricted range of motion, clicking, catching, locking or giving way may be reported. Purpose: The purpose of the diploma work was to present the effects of conservative treatment in patients with femoroacetabular impingement, based on the literature review. Methods: English literature published between 2011 and 2021 was searched in the PubMed and PEDro databases. Results: We included 6 studies in the analysis which where freely available in full text. The results on the efficacy of conservative treatment femoroacetabular impingement on pain varied. Conservative treatment effectively increases range of motion of hip flexion and muscle strength of the hip muscles. For increasing that is very important to activate the deep transverse abdominal muscle and to strenghten the pelviotrochanteric and hip muscles. A significant difference was observed in function of lower limb and quality of life in participants where they were treated conservatively compared to the non-interventional group. Discussion and conclusion: In the analyzed studies, the authors reported the effectiveness of conservative treatment on reducing pain, increasing range of motion of hip flexion, increasing muscle strength of the hip muscles, increased function of the lower limb and quality of life. Further research with more participants and longer post-intervention follow-up is needed to determine the long-term effects of conservative treatment.
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