The Belfast hip screener: from infancy to maturity.
Hip dislocation remains the most significant childhood orthopaedic abnormality despite the efforts of neonatal screening, first described in 1910. A new method of enhancing the performance of screening, the Belfast hip screener, is a non-invasive device developed to detect and interpret the vibrations ("clicks" and "clunks") which are emitted as the hips are physically tested. A progress report is presented covering ten years' work from early records made with tape recorders to modern methods of digital signal processing.
Kernohan
W G
WG
Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Queen's University of Belfast, Musgrave Park Hospital.
Trainor
B P
BP
Haugh
P E
PE
Johnston
A F
AF
Mollan
R A
RA
D003936:Diagnosis, Computer-Assisted / Q000295:instrumentation*; D006618:Hip Dislocation, Congenital / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D009660:Northern Ireland; D014732:Vibration