A pre-operative approach of range of motion simulation and verification for femoroacetabular impingement.

Femoroacetabular impingement (FAI) is increasingly recognized as a potential cause of hip osteoarthritis. A system capable of pre-operatively simulating hip range of motion (ROM) by given surface models from either healthy or FAI diseased bone is desirable. Chang TC, Kang H, Arata L, Zhao W. Int J Med Robot. 2011 Jun 18. doi: 10.1002/rcs.401. [Epub ahead of print] PMID: 21688380