Objective: Acetabular labral tears predominantly affect young patients and are a source of hip pain in the athlete. Four causes of the initiation of labral tears have been proposed; trauma, hypolaxity ...

A hip labral tear is an injury to the ring of cartilage (the labrum) around the hip socket. The labrum is essential for hip joint stability. The cartilage rim deepens the socket and helps hold the ...

The case is reported of a professional footballer with a tear ... arthrogram. The gadolinium enhanced scan showed no abnormality (fig 2). After discussion with the player, his parents, and the medical ...