title: Can Trendelenburg's sign be positive if the hip is normal?
abstract: In 1895 Trendelenburg described his sign to determine the integrity of hip function. We found the sign to be positive in a patient whose hip was clinically and radiologically normal, and therefore investigated this in other patients. We confirmed that a medial shift of the mechanical axis of the leg below the hip may cause a positive Trendelenburg sign. This has not been previously described.
authors.affiliation: R. V. Institute of Research in Ilizarov Technology, Kerala, India.
authors.forename: P N
authors.initials: PN
authors.lastname: Vasudevan
authors.forename: K V
authors.initials: KV
authors.lastname: Vaidyalingam
authors.forename: P B
authors.initials: PB
authors.lastname: Nair
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001696:Biomechanical Phenomena; D005260:Female; D005599:Fractures, Ununited / Q000503:physiopathology; D005684:Gait; D006621:Hip Joint / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011859:Radiography; D012016:Reference Values; D013978:Tibial Fractures / Q000503:physiopathology