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Genetics important in discovering causes of femoroacetabular impingement

Genetic influences are important when researching the aeitology of primary fermoacetabular impingement, it has been claimed.

According to new research published in the Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery, the genetic risk appears to be manifest through abnormal joint morphology, however, other genetic factors appear to modulate the progression of the condition.

Femoroacetabular impingement causes hip pain in young adults and could potentially predispose sufferers to the development of osteoarthritis in the joint.

To identify the importance of genetic influences on femoroacetabular impingement, the researchers behind the study, entitled Genetic Influences in the Aetiology of Femoroacetabular Impingement, looked at 96 siblings of 64 patients treated for the condition.

"The prevalence of clinical features in those hips with abnormal morphology was also greater in the sibling group compared with the control group," the researchers concluded.

Recently, Swedish researchers claimed they had found a link between the likelihood of hip fractures in grandfathers and bone density in their grandchildren.

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