The 2022 International Society for Hip Preservation (ISHA) physiotherapy agreement on assessment and treatment of greater trochanteric pain syndrome (GTPS): an international consensus statement
Ashley Disantis, Tony Andrade, Alexander Baillou, Nicolas Bonin, J. W. Thomas Byrd, Ashley Campbell, Benjamin G. Domb, Holly Doyle, Keelan R. Enseki, Barry Getz, Lucie Gosling, Louise Grant, Víctor M. Ilizaliturri, Dave Kohlrieser, Jovan Laskovski, Liran Lifshitz, Ryan P. McGovern, Katie Monnington, John O’Donnell, Amir Takla, Tim Tyler, Mike Voight, Thomas H. Wuerz, RobRoy L. Martin
Abstract
The 2022 International Society of Hip Preservation (ISHA) physiotherapy agreement on assessment and treatment of greater trochanteric pain syndrome (GTPS) was intended to present a physiotherapy consensus on the assessment and surgical and non-surgical physiotherapy management of patients with GTPS. The panel consisted of 15 physiotherapists and eight orthopaedic surgeons. Currently, there is a lack of high-quality literature supporting non-operative and operative physiotherapy management. Therefore, a group of physiotherapists who specialize in the treatment of non-arthritic hip pathology created this consensus statement regarding physiotherapy management of GTPS. The consensus was conducted using a modified Delphi technique to guide physiotherapy-related decisions according to the current knowledge and expertise regarding the following: (i) evaluation of GTPS, (ii) non-surgical physiotherapy management, (iii) use of corticosteroids and orthobiologics and (iv) surgical indications and post-operative physiotherapy management.