Each hip has two major bursae. The outside point of the hip, which is called the greater trochanter, has a bursa called the trochanteric bursa. (The other bursa, on the inside of the hip area ...

Greater trochanteric pain syndrome (GTPS) is a common cause of hip pain. It can often be treated conservatively but sometimes requires medical intervention or even surgery. Greater trochanteric ...

Question: I have lateral hip pain. Is there a name for this and what's causing it? Answer: Greater trochanteric bursitis is an inflammation of the hip bursa. The greater trochanter bursa is ...

It has been shown in MRI studies that recalcitrant greater trochanteric pain syndrome is secondary to underlying abductor tendon pathology in about 50% of cases and it may not respond to the usual ...

The most common site is on the outside of the hip where a band of connective tissue known as the iliotibial band passes over part of the thigh bone that juts out -- called the greater trochanter.

Accurate differential diagnosis is fundamental to effective treatment. The diagnostic criteria for one common hip problem, greater trochanteric pain syndrome (GTPS) have not been well defined. Purpose ...

Smith noticed that the patient had some tenderness at the top of the thigh bone, over the part of the bone that stuck out farthest, a prominence known as the greater trochanter. She was also ...

When bursa become inflamed, they cause a condition known as bursitis. Trochanteric bursitis or greater trochanteric pain syndrome gets its name because it affects an area of bone called the ...

Greater trochanter pain syndrome (GTPS) is a common cause of pain in your outer thigh. It refers to a group of conditions that cause pain near the top of your femur. GTPS used to be called greater ...

There is also a bony prominence on the side of the hip called greater trochanter, which serves as the main attachment point for hip tissue, such as abductor tendons and the gluteal medius muscle ...

This is dependent on accurate differential diagnosis. While hip osteoarthritis (OA) diagnosis is well defined,1 the diagnosis of greater trochanteric pain syndrome (GTPS) is not. The aim of this study ...