Hip motion changes in hemophilia.
We reviewed early and late motion changes of the hip in 102 hemophiliacs with a mean follow-up of 7 years. Sixty patients (59%) had at least one hip bleed. Sixty-four hips in 49 patients demonstrated at least a 15 degree change in range of motion (ROM) at some time. At final review, only 34 of these 64 hips (53%) lost motion. Patients whose hips lost motion were just as likely to report hip bleeds as those who lost no motion. Twenty hips examined within 2 months of bleeding lost significant motion, but most motion returned within a year. The relationship between hip girdle bleeding and ROM remains obscure.
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Stanford University Medical Center, Palo Alto, California.
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Dilley
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D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001696:Biomechanical Phenomena; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D006467:Hemophilia A / Q000503:physiopathology*; D002836:Hemophilia B / Q000503:physiopathology; D006621:Hip Joint / Q000503:physiopathology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009068:Movement