Lower body mass index and age are predictive of improved pain and health utility scores following arthroscopic management of femoroacetabular impingement

PURPOSE: To identify patient factors associated with improved pain scores, functional hip scores, health-related quality of life, and re-operation rates after arthroscopic management of femoroacetabular impingement (FAI). METHODS: Using the comprehensive dataset from the multinational Femoroacetabular Impingement Randomized Controlled Trial (FIRST), a total of 13 prognostic factors that were chosen a priori were identified that would be …