Abstract
Unlike the shoulder joint, the hip joint is one of the most stable joints as the femoral head fits within the acetabulum like a ball in a socket. A complete examination should include the lumbar spine and knee as pain can often be referred from these areas to the hip.
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Yang, A.J., Jain, N.B. (2017). Hip. In: Yong, R., Nguyen, M., Nelson, E., Urman, R. (eds) Pain Medicine. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-43133-8_16
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