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Table 5 Study characteristics of the non-snapping group

From: The effect of iliotibial band surgery at the hip: a systematic review

Year & Author

Study design

Syndrome (study description)

Inclusion duration

Patients included

(male)

Mean age

(range)

Duration of symptoms, m (range)

Duration of conservative treatment, m

Mean

follow-up, m (range)

1979,

Brooker et al [8]

Retrospective

GTB

n/a

5 (5)

n/a

(50–65)

n/a

24–60

12

(12–12)

1997,

Slawski et al [57]

Retrospective

GTB

n/a

5 (1)

40.3

(24–54)

45.6

(24–84)

 > 12

20

(12–30)

2007,

Craig et al [10]

Retrospective

GTPS

(GTB)

n/a

15 (1)

60

(36–73)

56.4

(7–180)

n/a

47

(5–69)

2009,

Pretell et al [43]

Retrospective

GTB

6y, 5 m

11 (1)

54.6

(32–74)

22

(12–60)

 > 12

43

(15–84)

2014, Domínguez et al [12]

Retrospective

GTPS

2y, 0 m

23 (4)

51.3

(SD: 13.3)

n/a

(6–24)

 > 3

12

(12–12)

2016,

Drummond et al [13]

Retrospective

GTPS

3y, 3 m

49 (7)

65

(27–89)

n/a

 > 6

20,7

(5–41)

2019, Thomassen et al [59]

Retrospective

GTPS

2y, 10 m

11 (5)B

57

(43–71)

n/a

 > 12

28

(15–42)

2020, Blakey et al [3]

ProspectiveC

GTPS

(GT)

3y, 9 m

33 (3)

57.7

(SD: 8,3)

n/a

 > 6

12

(12–12)

2021,

Dzidzishvili et al [14]

Prospective

GTPS

(GTB)

1y, 0 m

58 (7)

56.9

(28–80)

n/a

 > 6

12

(12–12)

  1. Abbreviations: n/a Not available, m Months, y Years, GTPS Greater trochanteric pain syndrome, GTB Greater trochanteric bursitis, GT Gluteal tendinopathy, ITB Iliotibial band
  2. A 20 patients were not available for follow up within 6 months and were categorized excluded rather than lost to follow up
  3. B One patients refused conservative treatment but was still included in the study
  4. C RCT-study, but for the purpose of this review a prospective study