Why the study?
Does femoral anteversion differ in children with Perthes' disease or irritable hips compared to healthy controls?
Population
Children with unilateral Perthes' disease, children with previous irritable hips, and healthy children of a…
Comparison
Ultrasound measurement of femoral anteversion vs Healthy children of a similar age
Design
Case-control
Authors
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Suggests anteversion contributes to Perthes' pathogenesis; hypothesis-generating for etiology and prognosis.
Does femoral anteversion differ in children with Perthes' disease or irritable hips compared to healthy controls?
Children with Perthes' disease exhibit significantly higher and more asymmetric femoral anteversion in affected hips compared to healthy controls, which may have implications for etiology and prognosis.
Upadhyay et al. (1986) studied this question.