Neurogenic hip dislocation in cerebral palsy: quality of life and results after hip reconstruction.

ABSTRACT:

Background

At birth, no difference exists between the hips of children with spastic cerebral palsy and the hips of other children. The typical pathologic deformities of the hips in children with spastic cerebral palsy develop as the child gets older. One of our goals was to evaluate the change in quality of life of children with cerebral palsy after hip reconstruction. For classification of the children's condition, we assessed sitting and standing abilities and used the Gross Motor Function Classification System. To evaluate the effect of hip dislocation on the spine, we assessed symmetry while the patient was lying down, sitting, and standing.

Methods

The results of surgical reconstruction of hip joints in 54 patients with severe cerebral palsy who had 66 severely subluxat

SUBMITTER: Krebs A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC2656789 | biostudies-literature | 2008 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature