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Trendelenburg test - correct answer✔✔The patient stands and rises one foot and then the ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||




other while the doctor observes the buttocks.
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Positive sign is when the buttock drops on the side that the foot is elevated indicating hip
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abductor weakness on the stance leg side. ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||




Torticollis Findings - correct answer✔✔Chin rotates to the OPPOSITE side of the spasm
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Head tilts toward spasm
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Torticollis Cause - correct answer✔✔Sternocleidomastoid muscle has been damaged
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Underlying disease process ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||




-congenital deformity of cervical spine ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||




-Tumors of spinal cord or cerebellum; syringomyelia, or RA
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Torticollis Tx - correct answer✔✔PASSIVE stretching effective in up to 97% of all cases
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Congenital Deformities - correct answer✔✔RARE limb deficiencies (esp lower limbs is rare)
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but associated with other congenital probs in femur, tibia, and fibula
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,Also may have extra digits (polydactyly) or absence of brain matter (anencephaly)
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*COMPLETE loss of limb is RARE ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||




PARTIAL ABSENCE more common than loss of limb
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Example of congenital limb defect/deformities - correct answer✔✔Congenital longitudinal
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deficiency of the fibula ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||




Polydactyly (extra digits) ||\\//|| ||\\//||




Congenital deformities TX - correct answer✔✔Limb lengthening or contralateral limb
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shortening



Removal of part of deformed limb ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||




Prosthetics *early fitting is key ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||




Lower Extremities--> 12 months of age, well tolerated, necessary for balance and walking
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Upper Extremities--> 6 months of age, Mitten type, able to "develop" as child grows
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Deformities of the Extremities - correct answer✔✔Metatarsus Adductus ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||




Talipes Equinovarus ||\\//||




Developmental ||\\//||




Dysplasia of the Hip ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||

,Torticollis



Metatarsus Adductus - correct answer✔✔Congenital foot deformity causing INWARD ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||




deviation of the forefoot ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||




May be associated with hip dysplasia
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Most FLEXIBLE deformities resolve spontaneously (Caused by positioning in utero)
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RIGID deformity has crease in medial aspect of arch
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-Serial casting to correct if cannot reposition past midline
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-may try corrective shoes
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Talipes Equinovarus - correct answer✔✔(AKA Clubfoot)
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Idiopathic, neurogenic, or rt arthrogryposis or Larsen Syndrome ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||




Check for SPINE anomalies, among others
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Idiopathic clubfoot may be hereditary ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||




-Plantar Flexion of the foot at ankle joint (equinus)
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-Inversion deformity of the heel (varus) ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||




-Medial deviation of the forefoot (adductus) ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||




Talipes Equinovarus TX - correct answer✔✔Preferred
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, -Ponsetti technique (manipulative technique w/ out invasive surgery)
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-Manipulation and stretching of foo ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||




-Serial Casting ||\\//|| ||\\//||




-1/wk for 6-8wks ||\\//|| ||\\//||




-Night brace req for long-term management
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Rigid and/or resistant to casting
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-Surgical release and correction (15-50%) ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||




Femur Anatomy - correct answer✔✔ ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||




Developmental Hip Dysplasia - correct answer✔✔(Abnormal growth or development) ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||




Hip dysplasia= abnormality between the FEMUR and ACETABULUM
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Dislocated hip: femoral head is NOT IN CONTACT with acetabulum ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||




Subluxatable hip: femoral head may be DISPLACED ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||




(more common in L hip) ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||




Femur and acetabulum are under developed
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Continues w/ growth pattern, does not correct itself unless dislocation is corrected w/in few
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weeks of birth ||\\//|| ||\\//||




Diagnosis of Hip Dysplasia - correct answer✔✔Ortolani and Barlow sign ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||




Ortolani - correct answer✔✔Place long finger over greater trochanter and thumb over inner
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thigh. Flex hips at 90 degress-slowly ABDUCT from midline, 1 hip at a time. Use gentle
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pressure to lift greater trochanter forward ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||




(aBduct to have a baby -named ortolani) ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||

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