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  • Orthopedics
  • Sports Medicine
  • Dance Medicine

Background:

  • Coxa saltans (snapping hip) can cause anterior hip pain, particularly in dancers.
  • Internal coxa saltans with weakness or pain is termed iliopsoas syndrome, often due to repetitive hip flexion.
  • Iliopsoas syndrome can be misdiagnosed as other hip pathologies, such as labral tears.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To determine the incidence of iliopsoas syndrome in dancers.
  • To describe clinical findings and treatment protocols for iliopsoas syndrome.
  • To report treatment outcomes for iliopsoas syndrome in a dance population.

Main Methods:

  • Retrospective case series (Level of evidence, 4) analyzing 653 patients over 3 years.
  • Diagnosis based on anterior hip/groin pain, weakness with resisted hip flexion in abduction, or positive iliopsoas test.
  • Patients underwent physical therapy including stretching, strengthening, mobilization, and technique modification.

Main Results:

  • 49 dancers diagnosed with iliopsoas syndrome; incidence was 9.2% in females vs. 3.2% in males.
  • Higher incidence in younger dancers (<18 years: 12.8%) and student dancers (14%).
  • All patients improved with conservative treatment; no surgical or injection interventions were required.

Conclusions:

  • This is the largest reported series on non-invasively treated iliopsoas syndrome in dancers.
  • Conservative treatment (NSAIDs, activity modification, physical therapy) is the primary approach.
  • The study provides incidence data and a diagnostic/treatment algorithm for iliopsoas syndrome in dancers.