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 trochanter pain syndrome (GTPS) commonly causes pain in the outer thigh. It refers to a group of conditions that cause pain near the top of the femur.

The trochanteric bursa is a fluid-filled sac near the greater trochanter. When bursa becomes irritated or inflamed (bursitis), it causes pain in the hips.

When that outside hip bursa gets inflamed, you have trochanteric bursitis, also known as greater trochanteric pain syndrome (GTPS). It's a common condition, which is easily treatable.

Patients with greater trochanteric pain syndrome may have altered conditioned pain modulation, as well as a high number of pain locations associated with negative conditioned pain modulation.

Introduction Effective treatment of hip pain leads to improved quality of life and population health. This is dependent on accurate differential diagnosis. While hip osteoarthritis (OA) diagnosis is ...

Consensus opinions of orthopaedic physicians and sports medicine specialists have recently suggested that trochanteric bursitis should be better known as greater trochanter pain syndrome. 1 It is ...

In fact, trochanteric bursitis and IT band syndrome are part of what many medical researchers view collectively as greater trochanteric pain syndrome (GTPS).

1 Guidance 1.1 Evidence on the efficacy and safety of extracorporeal shockwave therapy (ESWT) for refractory greater trochanteric pain syndrome is limited in quality and quantity. Therefore this ...

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 ...

Background Effective treatment of hip pain improves population health and quality of life. Accurate differential diagnosis is fundamental to effective treatment. The diagnostic criteria for one common ...