What is best test to diagnose arthritis in the hip?

There are over a hundred different forms of arthritis, ranging from that caused by trauma, wear and tear, to chemical imbalance in the blood to autoimmune diseases. The present procedure regarding arthritic pain starts with Xrays to look at joints once a problem is seen further testing is done to ascertain precisely what sort of Arthritis is involved. There are many different tests involved depending on the type of arthritis suspected to be causing the problem.