Research

The UW Hip Preservation Research Program aims to advance the practice of hip preservation while also providing a collaborative learning environment for students, young professionals and interdisciplinary experts who have an interest in medicine, orthopedics and hip health.

Our Research Team

Andrea Spiker, MD
Principal Investigator

Mikel Joachim, PhD
Research Program Manager

Amie Armstrong, MS, LAT
Hip Preservation Research Program Coordinator

Recent Publications

Decision Making in Combined Hip Arthroscopy and Femoral Derotational Osteotomy Surgeries
Anthony Zacharias, MD, Quinn Steiner, BS, David Goodspeed, MD, Andrea Spiker, MD. Video Journal of Sports Medicine, 2023 (video).

Rectus Femoris Heterotopic Ossification: Combined Arthroscopic and Open Resection With Allograft Reconstruction and Concomitant Treatment of Femoroacetabular Impingement
Zacharias AJ,* Call CJ,* Prince SR,* Turner EHG,* Goodspeed DC, Spiker AM. Video Journal of Sports Medicine 2023.

Combined Hip Arthroscopy and Periacetabular Osteotomy (PAO): Technical Focus on Arthroscopically Elevating the Iliocapsularis and Performing the Open PAO.
Spiker AM, Turner EHG,* Gans I,* Sisel HI,* Wiseley BR,* Goodspeed DC. Arthrosc Tech. 2021 Sep 21;10(10):e2293-e2302.

Treatment of Coxa Profunda With Open Surgical Hip Dislocation, Rim Resection, Cam Resection, and Labral Reconstruction. Arthrosc Tech
Klosterman EL,* Zacharias AJ,* Dooley MS,* Wilson NM,* Turner EHG,* Goodspeed DC, Spiker, AM, 2022 Jul 25;11(8):e1499-e1508.

Clinical Evaluation of the Hip With Focus on Assessment of Hip Instability
Turner EHG, Watchmaker LE, Spiker AM. Video Journal of Sports Medicine, vol. 2, 1, February 3, 2022.

Excision of Heterotopic Ossification around the Hip: Arthroscopic and Open Techniques
Turner EHG, Goodspeed DC, Spiker AM. Arthrosc Tech 2021;10(4):e1179-e1186. Published 2021 Apr 22. doi:10.1016/j.eats.2021.01.009

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Patients With Generalized Joint Hypermobility Have Thinner Superior Hip Capsules and Greater Hip Internal Rotation on Physical Examination
Turner EHG,* Markhardt BK, Cotter EJ,* Hetzel SJ, Kanarek A, Lang MH,* Mintz DH, Spiker AM, Arthrosc Sports Med Rehabil. 2022 Jul 5;4(4):e1417-e1427.

Editorial Commentary: Hip Arthroscopy Evolution and Causes of Failure. Arthroscopy
Spiker AM, 2021 Jun;37(6):1829-1832. doi: 10.1016/j.arthro.2021.03.027. Epub 2021 Mar 19.

Preoperative MRI and Intraoperative Arthroscopic Evaluation of Chondral Pathology at the Hip Chondrolabral Junction
Turner EHG* Hund SJ* Dooley MS, * Spiker AM. Video Journal of Sports Medicine, vol. 1, 3, First Published May 11, 2021.

Inter-Rater Reliability of the Prone Apprehension Relocation Test (PART)
Watchmaker LE *, Hetzel SE, Sink EL, Spiker AM, Orthop J Sports Med. 2021 Sep 20;9(9)

Dynamic Assessment of Hips with Symptomatic Femoroacetabular Impingement. Arthroscopy
Spiker AM, Kraszewski AP, Maak TG, Nwachukwu BU, Backus SI, Hillstrom HJ, Kelly BT,Ranawat AS, 2021 Jun 12:S0749-8063(21)00575-2. ***Winner of 2022 Arthroscopy Journal Best Basic Science Paper***