Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2017L00883:reg:6
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6               Kind of injury, disease or death to which this Statement of Principles relates
(1)          This Statement of Principles is about femoroacetabular impingement syndrome and death from femoroacetabular impingement syndrome.
Meaning of femoroacetabular impingement syndrome
(2)          For the purposes of this Statement of Principles, femoroacetabular impingement syndrome means a disorder of the hip due to abnormal contact between the proximal femur and the acetabulum, in the presence of:
(a)          relevant symptoms and corresponding clinical signs; and
(b)          imaging findings that are consistent with cam morphology or pincer morphology.
Note 1: The primary symptom of femoroacetabular impingement is motion-related or position-related pain in the hip or groin.  Pain may also be felt in the back, buttock or thigh.  In addition to pain, patients may also describe clicking, catching, locking, stiffness, restricted range of motion or giving way of the hip.
Note 2: Clinical signs include hip impingement tests that reproduce the patient's typical pain, a limited range of hip motion, gait abnormalities, and weakness or tenderness of muscles around the hip.
Note 3: This disorder may be associated with a labral tear involving the affected hip.
Note 4: cam morphology and pincer morphology are defined in the Schedule 1 – Dictionary.
Death from femoroacetabular impingement syndrome
(3)          For the purposes of this Statement of Principles, femoroacetabular impingement syndrome, in relation to a person, includes death from a terminal event or condition that was contributed to by the person's femoroacetabular impingement syndrome.
Note: terminal event is defined in the Schedule 1 – Dictionary.