Femoroacetabular impingement is a common cause of hip pain in adolescents. Compared with the pincer-type, the incidence of cam-type is more common in asymptomatic adolescent patients. At present, there is much research on the treatment of FAI by arthroscopic surgery, and it has been shown that it has a positive intervention effect. However, there is little research on therapeutic exercise and a lack of normative understanding. The purpose of this review is to provide clues and ideas for the treatment of adolescents with cam FAI by summarizing the research results of therapeutic exercise management of FAI. We searched the articles in PubMed, Web of Science, CNKI, WanFang, WeiPu with the key words of “Femoracetabular Impingements”, Rehabilitation Exercise", "CAM" in Chinese and English, respectively. Repetitive literature and those that were not closely related to the purpose of this study were eliminated, and finally, 25 articles were included for review. Therapeutic exercises that adolescents with cam FAI can perform include patient education and movement adjustment, postural exercise, hip Strength exercise, core stabilization exercise, flexibility and mobility exercise, etc. In addition, the effectiveness of WMW and pelvic tilt correction has yet to be demonstrated. Through this review, it was found that there are the following deficiencies: (1) There are few high-quality studies on therapeutic exercise, and the follow-up period of the studies is short, and the number of samples is small, so the reliability of the treatment results needs to be verified. (2) There is no study on the difference in damage under different types of FAI. (3) There are no therapeutic exercise management programs for different types of FAI. (4) As a special population, adolescents have no standardized and targeted therapeutic exercise management. (5) In terms of physical impairments, there are contrary findings; more high-quality studies are needed. (6) Impairments in adolescents with FAI require further confirmation. (7) The duration of therapeutic exercise is uncertain.
Yue et al. (2026) studied this question.