title: Hyphenated history: the Phelps-Baker test.
abstract: The language of orthopedics is filled with eponyms. Orthopedic surgeons speak cryptically to one another using code words and "orthopedic pig-Latin." Certain hyphenated eponyms are particularly interesting, because they represent people who came to be partners in orthopedic history. The derivation of the Phelps-Baker test, an important component of the hip examination of children who suffer from cerebral palsy, named in honor of Winthrop Morgan Phelps and Lenox D. Baker, is described in this report.
authors.affiliation: Harvard School of Public Health, USA.
authors.forename: C T
authors.initials: CT
authors.lastname: Mehlman
authors.forename: A H
authors.initials: AH
authors.lastname: Crawford
mesh_terms: D004850:Eponyms; D049673:History, 20th Century; D006801:Humans; D019637:Orthopedic Procedures / Q000266:history*