Re: Legg-Perthes F-Up
Heather Smart
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Title:
Re: Legg-Perthes F-Up
Creator:
Heather Smart
Date:
10/13/1999
Text:
In response to your posting can I suggest that you pay a visit to the RECAL
Information Services website – <URL Redacted>.
RECAL Information services specialises in the provision of guides to the
literature in prosthetics, orthotics, physical medicine and rehabilitation.
Our services aim to keep the clinician, research worker and rehabilitation
professional in touch with the published literature in a variety of easy to
use and convenient formats.
Thank you for your time.
Heather Smart
Information Officer
National Centre for Training and Education in Prosthetics and Orthotics
University of Strathclyde
-----Original Message-----
From: <Email Address Redacted> < <Email Address Redacted> >
To: <Email Address Redacted> < <Email Address Redacted> >
Date: 13 October 1999 03:09
Subject: Legg-Perthes F-Up
>Hello colleagues,
>
>This is an abstract off a Medline search re: Legg-Perthes. Thought some of
>you might be interested.
>
>Don McGovern, CPO
>
>
>Clin Orthop 1995 May;(314):225-33
>
>
>
>An evaluation of various methods of treatment for Legg-Calve-Perthes
disease.
>
>Wang L, Bowen JR, Puniak MA, Guille JT, Glutting J
>Alfred I. duPont Institute, Wilmington, DE 19899, USA.
>
>An analysis of 5 methods of treatment for Legg-Calve-Perthes disease was
done
>on 124 patients with 141 affected hips. Before treatment, all groups were
>statistically similar concerning initial Mose measurement, age at onset of
>the disease, gender, and Catterall class. Treatments included the Scottish
>Rite orthosis (41 hips), nonweight bearing and exercises (41 hips), Petrie
>cast (29 hips), femoral varus osteotomy (15 hips), or Salter osteotomy (15
>hips). Hips treated by the Scottish Rite orthosis had a significantly worse
>Mose measurement across time interaction (repeated measures analysis of
>variance, post hoc analyses, p < 0.05). For the other 4 treatment methods,
>there was no statistically different change. At followup, the Mose
>measurements for hips treated with the Scottish Rite orthosis were
>significantly worse than those for hips treated by nonweight bearing and
>exercises, Petrie cast, varus osteotomy, or Salter osteotomy (repeated
>measures analysis of variance, post hoc analyses, p < 0.05). There was,
>however, no significant difference in the distribution of hips according to
>the Stulberg et al classification at the last followup.
>
>PMID: 7634639, UI: 95361332
>
>
Information Services website – <URL Redacted>.
RECAL Information services specialises in the provision of guides to the
literature in prosthetics, orthotics, physical medicine and rehabilitation.
Our services aim to keep the clinician, research worker and rehabilitation
professional in touch with the published literature in a variety of easy to
use and convenient formats.
Thank you for your time.
Heather Smart
Information Officer
National Centre for Training and Education in Prosthetics and Orthotics
University of Strathclyde
-----Original Message-----
From: <Email Address Redacted> < <Email Address Redacted> >
To: <Email Address Redacted> < <Email Address Redacted> >
Date: 13 October 1999 03:09
Subject: Legg-Perthes F-Up
>Hello colleagues,
>
>This is an abstract off a Medline search re: Legg-Perthes. Thought some of
>you might be interested.
>
>Don McGovern, CPO
>
>
>Clin Orthop 1995 May;(314):225-33
>
>
>
>An evaluation of various methods of treatment for Legg-Calve-Perthes
disease.
>
>Wang L, Bowen JR, Puniak MA, Guille JT, Glutting J
>Alfred I. duPont Institute, Wilmington, DE 19899, USA.
>
>An analysis of 5 methods of treatment for Legg-Calve-Perthes disease was
done
>on 124 patients with 141 affected hips. Before treatment, all groups were
>statistically similar concerning initial Mose measurement, age at onset of
>the disease, gender, and Catterall class. Treatments included the Scottish
>Rite orthosis (41 hips), nonweight bearing and exercises (41 hips), Petrie
>cast (29 hips), femoral varus osteotomy (15 hips), or Salter osteotomy (15
>hips). Hips treated by the Scottish Rite orthosis had a significantly worse
>Mose measurement across time interaction (repeated measures analysis of
>variance, post hoc analyses, p < 0.05). For the other 4 treatment methods,
>there was no statistically different change. At followup, the Mose
>measurements for hips treated with the Scottish Rite orthosis were
>significantly worse than those for hips treated by nonweight bearing and
>exercises, Petrie cast, varus osteotomy, or Salter osteotomy (repeated
>measures analysis of variance, post hoc analyses, p < 0.05). There was,
>however, no significant difference in the distribution of hips according to
>the Stulberg et al classification at the last followup.
>
>PMID: 7634639, UI: 95361332
>
>
Citation
Heather Smart, “Re: Legg-Perthes F-Up,” Digital Resource Foundation for Orthotics and Prosthetics, accessed November 2, 2024, https://library.drfop.org/items/show/212813.
