The HAR-index: a reliable method for evaluating the risk of total hip arthroplasty conversion after hip arthroscopy for femoroacetabular impingement.

Purpose: Hip arthroscopy is a growing technique in the treatment of femoroacetabular impingement (FAI), but can sometimes lead to unsatisfactory results such as the early conversion to total hip arthroplasty (THA). The purpose of this study is to describe a new tool for assessing the preoperative risk of THA conversion after hip arthroscopy in patients with FAI.

Methods: This study is a retrospective analysis of a prospective cohort of 584 patients with FAI who underwent hip arthroscopy at a single centre with a minimum 2 years follow-up.

"Short- and mid-term effects of adding upper cervical manual therapy to a conventional physical therapy program in patients with chronic mechanical neck pain. Randomized controlled clinical trial.".

Objective: To evaluate the effect of adding an Upper Cervical Translatoric Mobilization (UCTM) or an Inhibitory Suboccipital Technique (IST) to a physiotherapy treatment in the symptomatology and function of mechanical chronic neck pain patients.

Design: Randomized controlled trial.

Setting: Primary Care Center in Cornellà, Spain.

Comparative study of the effects of two inhibitory suboccipital techniques in non-symptomatic subjects with limited cervical mobility.

Background: Hypomobility on a cervical segment is a frequent finding which is sometimes asymptomatic. The effects of inhibitory suboccipital techniques on cervical mobility have not been evaluated.

Objective: To compare the effect on cervical mobility, of pressure maintained suboccipital inhibition manual technique versus a self-treatment using an Occipivot cushion, in asymptomatic subjects with limited mobility assessed by the flexion-rotation test.

Effectiveness of diacutaneous fibrolysis for the treatment of chronic lateral epicondylalgia: a randomized clinical trial.

Objective: To assess the end of treatment and three months after treatment effects of diacutaneous fibrolysis as adjuvant of physical therapy for chronic lateral epicondylalgia.

Design: Double-blind (patient and evaluator) randomized controlled trial.

Setting: Primary Care Center of the Spanish NHS.

Effectiveness of a specific manual approach to the suboccipital region in patients with chronic mechanical neck pain and rotation deficit in the upper cervical spine: study protocol for a randomized controlled trial.

Background: Mechanical neck pain is a highly prevalent problem in primary healthcare settings. Many of these patients have restricted mobility of the cervical spine. Several manual techniques have been recommended for restoring cervical mobility, but their effectiveness in these patients is unknown.

Effectiveness of Diacutaneous Fibrolysis for the treatment of subacromial impingement syndrome: a randomised controlled trial.

Our objective was to assess the effectiveness of Diacutaneous Fibrolysis on pain intensity, range of motion and functional status in patients suffering from Subacromial Impingement Syndrome. A randomised controlled trial was conducted in two Spanish National Health Service Primary Health Care Centres. Participants (n = 120) were randomly assigned to one of three groups (intervention, placebo or control groups).