The Hip book

Human Gait: Weight Acceptance

– See:       – Gait Menu;       – Muscle Activity During Gait – Discussion:     – at initiation of double limb stance, heel contacts ground, & ankle rapidly plantar-flexes as tibialis anterior eccentrically contracts;     – at moment of heel strike, during the first interval of stance phase, anterior … Read more

Home Page of Allen Burrus

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Hip Spica Cast

– See: Pediatric Femoral Frx Menu – Discussion:     – timing:            – Immediate single-leg spica cast for pediatric femoral diaphysis fractures.     – contraindications:            – unacceptable shortening or angulation;            – open fractures;            – thoracic or intra-abdominal trauma;     … Read more

Hip in Myelomeningocele

– Dislocation of Hip:     – hip dislocation in children w/ myelomeningocele may either teratological or paralytic (which is due to muscle imbalance);     – paralytic dislocation:            – hip dislocation occurs because of paralysis of the hip abductors and extensors w/ unopposed hip flexors and adductors;     … Read more

High Tibial Osteotomy

 – See: TKR following HTO: – Discussion:     – indications for HTO:      – associated conditions:           – posterolateral corner deficiency           – osteoarthritis of the knee:      – motivation for procedure:           – narrowed medial cartilaginous space may regenerate (and associated degenerative features may reverse) if weight bearing                  … Read more

Heel Pain

– Diff Dx:      – distal tibial tarsal tunnel syndrome;            – expect tenderness superior to the origin of the plantar fascia (medial tubercle of os calcis);      – plantar fascitis            – expect tenderness at the origin of the plantar fascia (medial tubercle of … Read more