Can Trendelenburg's sign be positive if the hip is normal?
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.
Vasudevan
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R. V. Institute of Research in Ilizarov Technology, Kerala, India.
Vaidyalingam
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Nair
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