"Hip Contracture" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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Permanent fixation of the hip in primary positions, with limited passive or active motion at the hip joint. Locomotion is difficult and pain is sometimes present when the hip is in motion. It may be caused by trauma, infection, or poliomyelitis. (From Current Medical Information & Technology, 5th ed)
| Descriptor ID |
D006616
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C05.550.323.468 C05.651.197.468
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| Concept/Terms |
Hip Contracture- Hip Contracture
- Contracture, Hip
- Contractures, Hip
- Hip Contractures
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| 1998 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2017 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Hip Contracture" by people in Profiles.
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van Bosse HJP, Pont?n E, Wada A, Agranovich OE, Kowalczyk B, Lebel E, Senaran H, Derevianko DV, Vavilov MA, Petrova EV, Barsukov DB, Batkin SF, Eylon S, Kenis VM, Stepanova YV, Buklaev DS, Yilmaz G, K?se O, Trofimova SI, Durgut F. Treatment of the Lower Extremity Contracture/Deformities. J Pediatr Orthop. 2017 Jul/Aug; 37 Suppl 1:S16-S23.
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van Bosse HJ, Saldana RE. Reorientational Proximal Femoral Osteotomies for Arthrogrypotic Hip Contractures. J Bone Joint Surg Am. 2017 Jan 04; 99(1):55-64.
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DeVries WH, Kruse RW. Is there a relationship between hypertension and lower-extremity contracture release in cerebral palsy? Am J Orthop (Belle Mead NJ). 1998 Jun; 27(6):421-2.