Practice is required to distinguish the characteristic low-pitched clunk, indicating a positive Ortolani or Barlow's maneuver, from a number of higher pitched clicks that can be elicited with flexion ...

The Ortolani maneuver can help show hips that are dislocated when the infant is in a resting position. In this test, the trained examiner attempts to reduce an already dislocated hip. The infant’s ...

In this classification, the hip is reduced into the acetabulum at rest (although not necessarily a fully concentric reduction) but shows considerable laxity and can be manually dislocated during the ...

Isolated dysplasia Abnormal development in the size and/or shape of the proximal femur and/or acetabulum. Difficult to detect on clinical examination. Often diagnosed on ultrasound. Wide spectrum of ...