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Clinical Examination - Limb Length Discrepancy
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Clinical Examination - Limb Length Discrepancy
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2024-05-31T00:00:00.0000000
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Language: EN.
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ORTHOM8: Welcome to OrthoM8. Making learning Orthomatic by Harry Benjamin-Laing. Today's topic is leg length discrepancy. Having realized that a patient walks with a short leg gait, the next question is whether this is true or apparent.
ORTHOM8: This diagram shows the landmarks for these measurements, namely xiphisternum, the anterior superior iliac spines and the medial malleoli from the xiphisternum to the medial malleoli is the apparent leg length. And from the anterior superior iliac spines to the medial malleoli is the true leg length. Apparent leg length discrepancy is often caused by fixed deformity.
ORTHOM8: If the length discrepancy is true, is it tibia or femur? This can be determined by the Galeazi test between 3 and 18 months of age if unilateral or the Weber-Barstow maneuver and if in the femur is it above or below the greater trochanter? Above the trochanter, the common causes include trauma, Coxa Vara, Perthes disease,
ORTHOM8: slipped capital femoral epiphysis, osteoarthritis and dislocation. Below the trochanter, the causes include trauma, malunion and growth arrest, Bryant's triangle and Nelaton's line are often used to determine whether shortening is above or below the greater trochanter. Don't forget to subscribe and like.