Aims. To identify a suite of the key physical, emotional, and social outcomes to be employed in clinical practice and research concerning
Aims. The aim of this study was to produce clinical consensus recommendations about the non-surgical treatment of children with
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Aims. This study aimed to evaluate the relationship between hip shape and mid-term function in
Aims. The aim of this study was to assess the prognostic value of the modified three-group Stulberg classification, which is based on the sphericity of the femoral head, in patients with
Aims. To explore the of age of onset distribution for Perthes’ disease
of the hip, with particular reference to gender, laterality and
conformity to the lognormal distribution. Patients and Methods. A total of 1082 patients were identified from the Liverpool Perthes’
Disease Register between 1976 and 2010, of which 992 had the date
of diagnosis recorded. In total, 682 patients came from the geographical
area exclusively served by Alder Hey Hospital, of which 673 had
a date of diagnosis. Age of onset curves were analysed, with respect to
the predefined subgroups. Results. The age of onset demonstrated a positive skew with a median of
5.8 years (interquartile range 4.6 to 7.5). Disease onset was a
mean five months earlier in girls (p = 0.01) and one year earlier
in those who went on to develop bilateral disease (p <
0.001).
There was no difference in the age of onset between geographical
districts with differing incidence rates. The entire dataset (n
= 992) conformed to a lognormal distribution graphically and with
the chi-squared test of normality (p = 0.10), but not using the
Shapiro-Wilk test (p = 0.01). The distribution for the predefined
geographical subgroup (n = 673) conformed well to a lognormal distribution
(chi-squared p = 0.16, Shapiro-Wilk p = 0.08). Given the observed
lognormal distribution it was assumed that
Aims. The aim of this study was to evaluate the epidemiology and treatment of
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The role of heritable thrombophilic risk factors in the pathogenesis of the
It has been reported that there is an association between
We have investigated the annual incidence of
A nationwide study of
Introduction. 2010 marked a century since
Aims.
Children presenting with
Aims. The aims of this study were to describe the course of non-operatively
managed, bilateral
The purpose of this study was to determine the annual incidence of
This nationwide prospective study was designed to determine prognostic factors and evaluate the outcome of different treatments of