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Hip flexor weakness

MedGen UID:
481355
Concept ID:
C3279725
Finding
Synonym: Weakness of hip flexors
 
HPO: HP:0012515

Definition

Reduced ability to flex the femur, that is, to pull the knee upward. [from HPO]

Term Hierarchy

CClinical test,  RResearch test,  OOMIM,  GGeneReviews,  VClinVar  
  • Hip flexor weakness

Professional guidelines

PubMed

Bethoux F, Boulis N, McClelland S 3rd, Willis MA, Hussain M, Machado A, Mychkovsky L, Stough D, Sutliff M, Pioro EP
Neurorehabil Neural Repair 2013 Nov-Dec;27(9):828-33. Epub 2013 Jul 24 doi: 10.1177/1545968313496325. PMID: 23884016

Recent clinical studies

Etiology

Farber SH, Valenzuela Cecchi B, O'Neill LK, Chapple KM, Zhou JJ, Alan N, Gooldy TC, DiDomenico JD, Snyder LA, Turner JD, Uribe JS
J Neurosurg Spine 2023 Sep 1;39(3):380-386. Epub 2023 Jun 2 doi: 10.3171/2023.4.SPINE221180. PMID: 37310041
Nolte MT, Gandhi SD, Nguyen AQ, Siyaji ZK, Piracha AZ, Khanna K, Rush AJ 3rd, Sheha ED, Phillips FM
Clin Spine Surg 2023 Aug 1;36(7):E294-E299. Epub 2022 Aug 10 doi: 10.1097/BSD.0000000000001367. PMID: 35945666
Wang X, Liu H, Wang W, Sun Y, Zhang F, Guo L, Li J, Zhang W
Orthop Surg 2022 Dec;14(12):3283-3292. Epub 2022 Oct 23 doi: 10.1111/os.13540. PMID: 36274218Free PMC Article
Liu J, He Y, Huang B, Zhang X, Shan Z, Chen J, Fan S, Zhao F
J Orthop Surg Res 2020 Jan 20;15(1):22. doi: 10.1186/s13018-020-1554-6. PMID: 31959197Free PMC Article
Moller DJ, Slimack NP, Acosta FL Jr, Koski TR, Fessler RG, Liu JC
Neurosurg Focus 2011 Oct;31(4):E4. doi: 10.3171/2011.7.FOCUS11137. PMID: 21961867

Diagnosis

Sebastian D, Krishnan S
J Bodyw Mov Ther 2019 Apr;23(2):352-358. Epub 2019 Feb 21 doi: 10.1016/j.jbmt.2019.02.014. PMID: 31103119
Ardestani MM, Moazen M
J Biomech 2016 Jun 14;49(9):1620-1633. Epub 2016 Apr 2 doi: 10.1016/j.jbiomech.2016.03.047. PMID: 27063251
Hardiman O, Molloy F, Brett F, Farrell M
Neurology 1997 Feb;48(2):339-41. doi: 10.1212/wnl.48.2.339. PMID: 9040717
Bowyer SL, LaMothe MP, Hollister JR
J Allergy Clin Immunol 1985 Aug;76(2 Pt 1):234-42. doi: 10.1016/0091-6749(85)90708-0. PMID: 4019954
Marino M, Nicholas JA, Gleim GW, Rosenthal P, Nicholas SJ
Am J Sports Med 1982 Nov-Dec;10(6):360-4. doi: 10.1177/036354658201000608. PMID: 7180955

Therapy

Farber SH, Valenzuela Cecchi B, O'Neill LK, Chapple KM, Zhou JJ, Alan N, Gooldy TC, DiDomenico JD, Snyder LA, Turner JD, Uribe JS
J Neurosurg Spine 2023 Sep 1;39(3):380-386. Epub 2023 Jun 2 doi: 10.3171/2023.4.SPINE221180. PMID: 37310041
Nolte MT, Gandhi SD, Nguyen AQ, Siyaji ZK, Piracha AZ, Khanna K, Rush AJ 3rd, Sheha ED, Phillips FM
Clin Spine Surg 2023 Aug 1;36(7):E294-E299. Epub 2022 Aug 10 doi: 10.1097/BSD.0000000000001367. PMID: 35945666
Moller DJ, Slimack NP, Acosta FL Jr, Koski TR, Fessler RG, Liu JC
Neurosurg Focus 2011 Oct;31(4):E4. doi: 10.3171/2011.7.FOCUS11137. PMID: 21961867
Hoskins JS, Burd TA, Allen WC
Am J Sports Med 2004 Jun;32(4):998-1001. doi: 10.1177/0363546503260066. PMID: 15150049
Hardiman O, Molloy F, Brett F, Farrell M
Neurology 1997 Feb;48(2):339-41. doi: 10.1212/wnl.48.2.339. PMID: 9040717

Prognosis

Verla T, Adogwa O, Elsamadicy A, Moreno JR, Farber H, Cheng J, Bagley CA
World Neurosurg 2016 Mar;87:283-9. Epub 2015 Nov 24 doi: 10.1016/j.wneu.2015.11.022. PMID: 26619920
Bethoux F, Boulis N, McClelland S 3rd, Willis MA, Hussain M, Machado A, Mychkovsky L, Stough D, Sutliff M, Pioro EP
Neurorehabil Neural Repair 2013 Nov-Dec;27(9):828-33. Epub 2013 Jul 24 doi: 10.1177/1545968313496325. PMID: 23884016
Moller DJ, Slimack NP, Acosta FL Jr, Koski TR, Fessler RG, Liu JC
Neurosurg Focus 2011 Oct;31(4):E4. doi: 10.3171/2011.7.FOCUS11137. PMID: 21961867

Clinical prediction guides

Paholpak P, Morimoto T, Wisanuyotin T, Sirichativapee W, Sirichativapee W, Kosuwon W, Kasai Y, Murakami H
Medicine (Baltimore) 2024 Feb 2;103(5):e37145. doi: 10.1097/MD.0000000000037145. PMID: 38306532Free PMC Article
Wang X, Liu H, Wang W, Sun Y, Zhang F, Guo L, Li J, Zhang W
Orthop Surg 2022 Dec;14(12):3283-3292. Epub 2022 Oct 23 doi: 10.1111/os.13540. PMID: 36274218Free PMC Article
Liu J, He Y, Huang B, Zhang X, Shan Z, Chen J, Fan S, Zhao F
J Orthop Surg Res 2020 Jan 20;15(1):22. doi: 10.1186/s13018-020-1554-6. PMID: 31959197Free PMC Article
Stevens WR Jr, Podeszwa DA, Tulchin-Francis K
Gait Posture 2019 Oct;74:250-254. Epub 2019 Sep 20 doi: 10.1016/j.gaitpost.2019.09.018. PMID: 31590046
Marino M, Nicholas JA, Gleim GW, Rosenthal P, Nicholas SJ
Am J Sports Med 1982 Nov-Dec;10(6):360-4. doi: 10.1177/036354658201000608. PMID: 7180955

Recent systematic reviews

Farber SH, Valenzuela Cecchi B, O'Neill LK, Chapple KM, Zhou JJ, Alan N, Gooldy TC, DiDomenico JD, Snyder LA, Turner JD, Uribe JS
J Neurosurg Spine 2023 Sep 1;39(3):380-386. Epub 2023 Jun 2 doi: 10.3171/2023.4.SPINE221180. PMID: 37310041

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