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Legg-Calvé-Perthes disease treatment and follow-up care require a collaborative relationship between orthopedic and physical therapy services.
This paper provides a general review of the incidence, pathology, etiology, clinical characteristics, differential diagnosis, and treatment of Legg-Calvé-Perthes disease.
May inform differential diagnosis of pediatric hip pain; leaves open the need for prospective trials on optimal management.
The incidence, pathology, etiology, clinical characteristics, differential diagnosis, and treatment of Legg-Calvé-Perthes disease are reviewed. Physical therapy and follow-up care are discussed, with emphasis on the relationship between orthopedic and physical therapy services.
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Blanche N. Carpenter (1975) studied this question. Legg-Calvé-Perthes disease treatment and follow-up care require a collaborative relationship between orthopedic and physical therapy services.
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