The management of greater trochanteric pain syndrome: A systematic literature review.

Greater trochanteric pain syndrome (GTPS) is a common cause of lateral hip pain. Most cases respond to conservative treatments with a few refractory cases requiring surgical intervention. For many years, this condition was believed to be caused by trochanteric bursitis, with treatments targeting the...

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Publicado en:Journal of Orthopaedics Vol. 13; no. 1; pp. 15 - 29
Autor principal: Reid, Diane
Formato: pictorial questionnaire/scale research systematic review tables/charts Journal Article
Publicado: Professor PK Surendran Memorial Education Foundation 2016
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Sumario:Greater trochanteric pain syndrome (GTPS) is a common cause of lateral hip pain. Most cases respond to conservative treatments with a few refractory cases requiring surgical intervention. For many years, this condition was believed to be caused by trochanteric bursitis, with treatments targeting the bursitis. More recently gluteal tendinopathy/tears have been proposed as potential causes. Treatments are consequently developing to target these proposed pathologies. At present there is no defined treatment protocol for GTPS. The purpose of this systematic literature review is to evaluate the current evidence for the effectiveness of GTPS interventions, both conservative and surgical.