Open AccessThe underused hip in ipsilaterally orthotics-dependent children
Author(s) -
Asser Sallam,
Christian Max Ziegler,
Volkmar Jansson,
Bernhard Heimkes
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
journal of children's orthopaedics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.638
H-Index - 36
eISSN - 1863-2548
pISSN - 1863-2521
DOI - 10.1007/s11832-015-0667-7
Subject(s) - medicine , greater trochanter , orthotics , gait , stride , pelvic tilt , gait analysis , radiography , physical medicine and rehabilitation , orthodontics , surgery , femur
The aim of this investigation is the development of primarily healthy hips in children who have required orthoses/protheses over the long term due to ipsilateral distally located deformities of the leg. These children show ipsilateral in-toeing gait and Duchenne's limping followed by a coxa valga antetorta and facultative hip decentration. A practical question is whether these hips are in danger of decompensation. An additional theoretical question is how the external shape and internal architecture changes if a primarily healthy hip is underused.