… If untreated they may progress to more serious level like painful hip, severe hip contractures
or windswept deformity and cause hygiene problems. We aimed to present current and …

… Shortening of the muscle-tendon units develops over time, leading to hip, knee, and ankle
joint deformities and contractures, which disturb posture and interfere with quality of life [1,2,3]. …

… With further contracture development congruency of the hip is lost and subluxation, then
dislocation, can occur. The incidence of pain associated with spasms of the muscles around the …

… who showed a preoperative flexion contracture of the hip exceeding 30 (control group). …
Hip asymmetry is particularly common in cerebral palsy, and its influence on posture and …

… study from Sweden on hip dislocation prevention demonstrated recently that a comprehensive
interdisciplinary intervention at the right time can prevent contractures and deformities. …

… They were also excluded if they had contractures of more than 20 at the hip or knee as this
would make it difficult for participants to assume the different positions for testing. Following a …

… control, and secondary deficits such as muscle contractures and bony deformities. The main
… motion at the hip and knee. Patients compensate for limited motion of the hip by increasing …

… frequent assessments are indicated according to hip surveillance guidelines [6, 7], …
contractures may also develop over time and will affect function, particularly gait. Development of hip …

… abducted the passive hip at 4 different … the hip from maximum adduction to maximum
abduction at a speed of 10/s while the child performed a maximum abduction concentric contraction…

… The range of passive movement and fixed-flexion contractures of each hip were recorded
pre-operatively under general anaesthesia and were repeated at a median of three 8 and ten …