Release Date: 2024-01-18

Current Exercise Approaches in Hip Pathologies

Erkan Erol (Author), Halime Arikan (Author)

Release Date: 2024-01-18

Physiotherapy approaches aim to eliminate pain, restore joint movement, and enhance strength and agility, with a focus on the hip region. Planned, structured, and intentional physical activity, or exercise, is vital in rehabilitation for improving physical fitness components like cardiovascular health, muscle strength, endurance, flexibility, and body composition. Various exercise types, including isometric, isotonic, and [...]

Media Type
    Buy from

    Price may vary by retailers

    Physiotherapy approaches aim to eliminate pain, restore joint movement, and enhance strength and agility, with a focus on the hip region. Planned, structured, and intentional physical activity, or exercise, is vital in rehabilitation for improving physical fitness components like cardiovascular health, muscle strength, endurance, flexibility, and body composition.
    Various exercise types, including isometric, isotonic, and isokinetic exercises, enhance muscle performance and function in the hip area. The FITT principle (Frequency, Intensity, Type, Time) guides exercise prescription, emphasizing progression and enjoyment to ensure continuous participation.
    Aerobic (Cardiovascular) Exercises: Activities like walking, jogging, running, cycling, and swimming improve endurance and benefit hip mobility and stability.
    Range of Motion (Mobility) Exercises: These aim to improve hip joint movement and can be active, active-assisted, or passive, targeting flexibility and range of motion.
    Stretching (Flexibility) Exercises: These lengthen the muscles around the hip to improve flexibility and elasticity. They include ballistic, dynamic, static, and proprioceptive neuromuscular facilitation (PNF) stretching.
    Strengthening (Resistance) Exercises: These increase hip muscle strength and endurance using free weights, machines, or elastic bands. Key exercises include squats, lunges, and hip bridges, targeting gluteal muscles and hip flexors.
    Endurance Exercises: Repeated isotonic contractions, like running and swimming, improve anaerobic threshold and sustain activity, crucial for hip endurance and stability.
    Proprioception Exercises: These enhance hip joint and body movement awareness, crucial for balance and movement, including single-leg stands and stability ball exercises.
    Neuromotor (Neuromuscular) Exercises: These improve sensorimotor control and functional joint stabilization by focusing on movement quality around the hip, involving controlled leg lifts and hip rotations.
    Balance and Coordination Exercises: These help control the center of gravity and execute smooth, accurate motor responses by optimizing muscle interaction, crucial for hip stability. Activities include single-leg balance drills and tandem walking.
    Plyometrics Exercises: Explosive movements like jump squats and lateral hops enhance hip muscle strength and stiffness.
    In conclusion, various exercises target different aspects of hip health and function. Effective exercise therapy requires understanding the effects of exercise on multiple body systems, functional assessment, anatomy, kinesiology, injury and illness management, recovery, complications, and preventive methods, all focused on the hip region.

    Erkan Erol (Author)
    Asst. Prof. Dr., Tokat Gaziosmanpasa University
    https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0087-1821
    3He completed his bachelor degree at Hacettepe University which is the best university in medical and health fields in Turkey according to the World University Rankings 2020. He completed his Master of Science (2016) and PhD (2020) in the Department of Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation at the Gazi University. His field of master’s education is "Preterm Infants". He worked in Gazi University as a research assistant between 2014 and 2020. Now, he is working at Tokat Gaziosmanpaşa University as an Assistant Professor. He has experience in clinic and academic publications in the fields of pediatrics and musculoskeletal pain. He has 12 years of experience in the clinic and he teaches pediatrics at the undergraduate and graduate levels. His primary research focus is on “cerebral palsy”, “preterm infants” and “musculoskeletal pain”.

    Halime Arikan (Author)
    Asst. Prof. Dr., Tokat Gaziosmanpasa University
    https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2381-9978
    3She completed a bachelor’s degree in 2015, a master’s degree in 2017, and a PhD in 2021 and conducts research in the fields of orthopedic rehabilitation, temporomandibular disorders, manual therapy, and headaches. Currently works as an assistant professor in the Department of Physiotherapy and Rehabilitation at Tokat Gaziosmanpaşa University Faculty of Health Sciences.

    • Bayrakcı-Tunay, V., Erden, Z., & Yıldız, C. (2017). Alt Ekstremite Yaralanmalarında Rehabilitasyon. Hipokrat Kitabevi.

    • Behnke, R. S., & Plant, J. (2021). Kinetic anatomy. Human Kinetics.

    • Cailliet, R. (2004). Functional anatomy of the hip joint. The Illustrated Guide to Functional Anatomy of the Musculoskeletal System, 237–250

    • Can, F. (2017). Ortopedik Problemlerde Manuel Terapi (I. Yüksel (ed.); pp. 333–344). Hipokrat Kitabevi.

    • Demir, Y. K. (2018). Statik germe uygulamalarının voleybol oyuncularının dikey sıçrama çeviklik ve sürat performansına olan akut etkileri (Yüksek Lisans Tezi). Kırıkkale Üniversitesi.

    • Dietrichson, J., & Souryal, T. O. (1994). Preoperative and postoperative rehabilitation after anterior cruciate ligament tears. Orthopaedic Physical Therapy Clinics of North America, 3(4), 539–554.

    • Eken, Ö. (2015). Judocularda farklı ısınma protokollerinin 30 m sürat, esneklik, dikey sıçrama, kuvvet, denge ve anaerobik güç performansları üzerine akut etkisinin incelenmesi (Yüksek Lisans Tezi). Ege Üniversitesi

    • El-Wishy, A., & Elsayed, E. (2014). Effect of proprioceptive training program on balance in patients with diabetic neuropathy: a controlled randomized study, Bulletin of the Faculty of Pharmacy Cairo University, 17(2), 1-8.

    • Gibbons, J. (2017). Functional anatomy of the pelvis and the sacroiliac joint: A practical guide. North Atlantic Books.

    • Gökçek, Ö., & Usgu, S. (2021). Ortopedik Fizyoterapi ve Rehabilitasyon. In H. Hallaçeli (Ed.), Ortopedik Fizyoterapi ve Rehabilitasyon (pp. 429–448). Hipokrat Yayıncılık.

    • Greene, D. P., & Roberts, S. L. (2015). Kinesiology-E-Book: Movement in the Context of Activity. Elsevier Health Sciences

    • Greene, W. B., & BG, W. (2007). Netter ortopedia. Elsevier/Saunders

    • Hall, C. (2005). The Hip (C. Hall & L. Brody (eds.); 2nd edition, pp. 436–483). Lippincott Williams & Wilkins

    • Hertling, D., & Kessler, R. M. (1996). Management of Common Musculoskeletal Disorders, 1996. Philedelphia: Lippincot

    • Ip, D. (2007). Orthopedic rehabilitation, assessment, and enablement. Springer Science & Business Media.

    • Kaltenborn, F. M. (2003). Manual mobilization of the joints: the Kaltenborn method of joint examination and treatment. Olaf Norlis Bokhandel

    • Karagözoglu-Coskunsu, D., & Tekin, D. (2017). Mobilizasyon Teknikleri. In T. Duymaz (Ed.), Kalça Eklemi Mobilizasyon Teknikleri (p. 63). Hipokrat Kitabevi

    • Maitland, G. D. (1991). Peripheral manipulation. Butterworths

    • Manske, R. C., Lehecka, B., Reiman, M., & Loudon, J. (2018). Orthopedic joint mobilization and manipulation: An evidence-based approach. Human Kinetics

    • Members, P. P., Experts, C. S., Albright, J., Allman, R., Bonfiglio, R. P., Conill, A., Dobkin, B., Guccione, A. A., Hasson, S. M., & Russo, R. (2001). Philadelphia Panel evidence-based clinical practice guidelines on selected rehabilitation interventions for low back pain. Physical Therapy, 81(10), 1641–1674.

    • Morscher, E. (1978). Posttraumatic cartilage impression of the femoral condyles. In The Knee: Ligament and Articular Cartilage Injuries (pp. 105–111). Springer

    • Muscolino, J. E. (2006). Kinesiology: the skeletal system and muscle function. (2nd edition). Elsevier/Mosby.

    • Neumann, D. A. (2002). Kinesiology of the musculoskeletal system. St. Louis: Mosby, 25–40.

    • Otman, A. S. (2015). Egzersiz Tedavisinde Temel Prensipler ve Yöntemler. 2015. Ankara.

    • Özyılmaz, H. I. (2020). Muay Thai sporcuları ile rekreasyonel vücut gelistirme sporcularının denge, koordinasyon ve alt ekstremite performansının karsılastırılması (Yüksek Lisans Tezi). Uluslararası Kıbrıs Üniversitesi

    • Petty, N. J., & Moore, A. P. (2011). Neuromusculoskeletal examination and assessment, a Handbook for therapists with PAGEBURST access, 4: neuromusculoskeletal examination and assessment. Elsevier Health Sciences.

    • Rosenthal, D. S., Webster, A., & Ladas, E. (2018). Integrative therapies in patients with hematologic diseases. In Hematology (pp. 2253–2261). Elsevier.

    • Safran, M., & Botser, I. (2010). Hip Anatomy and Biomechanics. In D. Drez & M. Miller (Eds.), DeLee & Drez’s Orthopaedic Sports Medicine: Principles and Practice (4th editio, pp. 917–932). Saunders/Elsevier.

    • Sahin, Ö. (2010). Rehabilitasyonda izokinetik degerlendirmeler. Cumhuriyet Medical Journal, 32(4), 386–396.

    • Saudek, C. E. (1985). The hip. Orthopaedic and Sports Physical Therapy, 365–407

    • Stokes, M., & Young, A. (1984). Investigations of quadriceps inhibition: implications for clinical practice. Physiotherapy, 70(11), 425–428.

    • Sturnieks, D. L. (2021). Biomechanics of Balance and Falling. Falls in Older People: Risk Factors, Strategies for Prevention and Implications for Practice, 105

    • Thompson, W., Gordon, N., & Pescatello, L. (2009). ACSM’s Guidelines for Exercise Testing and Prescription (8th editio). MD: Lippincott Williams& Wilkins.

    • Tugay, N., & Erden, Z. (2017). Fizyoterapi Rehabilitasyon 2. In A. Karaduman & Ö. Tunca- Yılmaz (Eds.), Kalça Eklemi Patolojilerinde Fizyoterapi ve Rehabilitasyon (pp. 163–190). Hipokrat Kitabevi

    • Turgut, E. (2017). Alt Ekstremite Yaralanmalarında Rehabilitasyon. In V. Bayrakcı-Tunay, Z. Erden, & C. Yıldız (Eds.), Nöromusküler Egitim (pp. 589–598). Hipokrat Kitabevi.

    • Wilk, K. E., Arrigo, C., Andrews, J. R., & Clancy Jr, W. G. (1999). Rehabilitation after anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction in the female athlete. Journal of Athletic Training, 34(2), 177.

    • Wörle, L., Pfeiff, E., Petzi, W., Iyengar, B. K. S., & Hartmann, L. (2010). Yoga as therapeutic exercise: a practical guide for manual therapists. Edinburgh : Churchill Livingstone.

    • Yılmaz, I., & Simsek, D. (2017). Pliometrik Egitim. In V. Bayrakcı-Tunay, Z. Erden, & C. Yıldız (Eds.), Alt Ekstremite Yaralanmalarında Rehabilitasyon (pp. 599–615). Hipokrat Kitabevi.

    • Zachazewski, J. E., Magee, D. J., & Quillen, W. S. (1996). Athletic injuries and rehabilitation. Saunders, Philadelphia

    Share This Chapter!