Snapping Hip Syndrome Research Paper

Snapping Hip Syndrome is one of the most common injuries a dancer can have affecting 90 percent of all dancers. Though commonly known as a dancer’s injury it is also very common with cyclists, gymnasts, and runners. Snapping Hip Syndrome is subjective to the athlete. Some athletes are able to hear the pop while others cannot, same goes with feeling the pop or snapping of the muscles and tendons. Another aspect that is subjective with this syndrome is pain associated with movement. Because of these variations in signs and symptoms there is a lack of treatment options and lack of diagnosis for Snapping Hip Syndrome. There are three different types of Snapping Hip Syndrome categorized by external, internal, and intra-articular all affecting different muscles and tendons. Based on sport and severity of the snapping there are different treatment options that go with each category associated with Snapping Hip Syndrome.
Snapping Hip Syndrome has not been formally studied as an overall topic for all athletics, but more compared to a certain sport or action. One clinical examination of ballet dancers did a study on self-reported Snapping Hip Syndrome. A team of health care professionals looked at the prevalence, associated factors, and mechanisms of the syndrome. The team did both physical examinations as well as ultrasound examinations. In the article “Clinical Examination and Ultrasound of Self-Reported Snapping Hip Syndrome in Elite Ballet Dancers,” …show more content…
On the website 10 Common Dance Injuries by Nancy Wozny, dancers experience “a snapping rubber-band like sound in the frontal hip joint, as the Iliotibial band glides over the greater trochanter (upper leg bone) during battement or developpe” (Nancy Wozny Reference 2). Snapping Hip syndrome is also the fourth most common injury for dancers affecting 90 percent of all