title: The Belfast hip screener: from infancy to maturity.
abstract: 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.
authors: Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Queen's University of Belfast, Musgrave Park Hospital.
authors: W G
authors: WG
authors: Kernohan
authors: B P
authors: BP
authors: Trainor
authors: P E
authors: PE
authors: Haugh
authors: A F
authors: AF
authors: Johnston
authors: R A
authors: RA
authors: Mollan
mesh_terms: D003936:Diagnosis, Computer-Assisted / Q000295:instrumentation*; D006618:Hip Dislocation, Congenital / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D009660:Northern Ireland; D014732:Vibration