Outcome measure
bursitis, tendinopathy, fatty infiltration
BONE MARROW OEDEMA, BURSITIS, PATHOLOGY, FATTY INFILTRATION
A blinded, senior musculoskeletal radiologist graded all de-identified MRI scans using the Melbourne Hip Score (MHIP). The severity of soft tissue bursitis and direct gluteal tendon pathology has been shown to affect the adjacent structures, notably fatty infiltration of muscle and bone marrow oedema. Thus, the MHIP score was designed as a holistic score to fully represent the severity of tendinopathy by including both the direct measures of tendon pathology and the indirect measures in the adjacent muscle and bone [