Orthopedic screening: especially congenital dislocation of the hip and spinal deformity.
Effective techniques exist for the early detection of congenital dislocation of the hip and of scoliosis, as well as related spinal deformities, allowing correction and prevention of serious permanent deformities. Future developments seem likely to make prenatal detection of spina bifida cystica possible and also may point the way toward means of decreasing the incidence of disabling low back pain and of osteoarthritis of the major joints of the lower extremity.
D002648:Child; D006618:Hip Dislocation, Congenital / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008403:Mass Screening; D010808:Physical Examination / Q000379:methods; D012600:Scoliosis / Q000175:diagnosis; D013122:Spinal Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis*; D013131:Spine / Q000002:abnormalities*