UK Hip Trial (DDH ultrasound)Lancet (London, England) 2002
Ultrasonography in the diagnosis and management of developmental hip dysplasia (UK Hip Trial): clinical and economic results of a multicentre randomised controlled trial.
Radiographic abnormality by age 2 was identical in the two arms, while the ultrasound arm needed significantly less abduction splinting; rates of surgical treatment did not differ significantly.
Randomised trialDiagnosisPaediatrics
Kocher criteriaThe Journal of bone and joint surgery. American volume 1999
Differentiating between septic arthritis and transient synovitis of the hip in children: an evidence-based clinical prediction algorithm.
The probability of septic arthritis rose steeply with the number of predictors present, being very high when all four were present and very low when none were.
Cohort studyDiagnosisPaediatrics
Graf ultrasound classificationArchives of orthopaedic and traumatic surgery. Archiv fur orthopadische und Unfall-Chirurgie 1980
The diagnosis of congenital hip-joint dislocation by the ultrasonic Combound treatment.
Showed that the cartilaginous infant hip can be imaged diagnostically with ultrasound, a harmless, cheap and non-invasive method suited to screening, laying the foundation for the later Graf classification.
OtherDiagnosisPaediatrics