Hip range of motion in children: What is the norm?

Journal of Pediatric Orthopaedics

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 399-405

  Sankar, Wudbhav N ^a   Laird, Christopher T ^a   Baldwin, Keith D ^a  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Children; Hip; Normative values; Range of motion

Indexed keywords

ABDUCTION; ADDUCTION; ADOLESCENT; ARM INJURY; BODY POSTURE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD INJURY; FEMALE; FLEXION; GONIOMETRY; GROUPS BY AGE; HIP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); PELVIS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANGE OF MOTION; REVIEW; ROTATION; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; SUPINE POSITION;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HIP JOINT; HUMANS; MALE; OBSERVER VARIATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; REFERENCE VALUES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 84861405698     PISSN: 02716798     EISSN: 15392570     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BPO.0b013e3182519683     Document Type: Review

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