Ultrasound measurements in the management of unstable hips treated with the Pavlik harness: Reliability and correlation with outcome

Journal of Pediatric Orthopaedics

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 818-822

  Gwynne Jones, David P ^a,b   Vane, Andrew G S ^a   Coulter, Gareth ^a   Herbison, Peter ^b   Dunbar, John D ^a  

^a DUNEDIN HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Developmental dysplasia of hip; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATIONAL STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; HIP DYSPLASIA; HIP MALFORMATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEWBORN; NEWBORN SCREENING; ORTHOPEDIC EQUIPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIODIAGNOSIS; RELIABILITY; ULTRASOUND; WALKING AID;

HIP JOINT; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; JOINT INSTABILITY; ORTHOPEDIC PROCEDURES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33750466548     PISSN: 02716798     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.bpo.0000234999.61595.ec     Document Type: Article

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