Elevation in Circulating Biomarkers of Cartilage Damage and Inflammation in Athletes With Femoroacetabular Impingement

Abstract

Chondral injury secondary to the repetitive microtrauma of FAI might be reliably detected with biomarkers. In the future, these biomarkers might be used as screening tools to identify at-risk patients and assess the efficacy of therapeutic interventions such as hip preservation surgery in altering the natural history and progression to osteoarthritis.