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P N Vasudevan1, K V Vaidyalingam, P B Nair
1R. V. Institute of Research in Ilizarov Technology, Kerala, India.
Abstract:
In 1895 Trendelenburg described his sign to determine the integrity of hip function. We found the sign to be positive in a patient whose hip was clinically and radiologically normal, and therefore investigated this in other patients. We confirmed that a medial shift of the mechanical axis of the leg below the hip may cause a positive Trendelenburg sign. This has not been previously described.
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