Barlow maneuver

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The Barlow maneuver is a physical examination performed on infants to screen for developmental dysplasia of the hip. It is named for T. G. Barlow, an English pediatrician, who devised this test; it was clinically tested during 1957–1962 at Hope Hospital Salford, Manchester.[1]

The maneuver is easily performed by adducting the hip (bringing the thigh towards the midline) while applying light pressure on the knee, directing the force posteriorly.[2] If the hip is dislocatable - that is, if the hip can be popped out of socket with this maneuver - the test is considered positive. The Ortolani maneuver is then used, to confirm the positive finding (i.e., that the hip actually dislocated).

References

  1. ↑ Early diagnosis and treatment of congenital dislocation of the hip. / Bone and Joint Surg., 44-B(2):92-301,1962
  2. ↑ French LM, Dietz FR (1999). "Screening for developmental dysplasia of the hip". Am Fam Physician 60 (1): 177–84, 187–8. PMID 10414637. 

See also

Eponymous medical signs for skeletal system and joints
Joints
Arthropathy
Dorsopathy
Trauma/Orthopedics
Skeletal/bone
Teeth

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anat (h/c, u, t, l)/phys

noco (arth/defr/back/soft)/cong, sysi/epon, injr

proc, drug (M01C, M4)

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noco/cong/tumr, sysi/epon, injr

proc, drug (M5)

M: TTH

anat/devp/phys

noco/cong/jaws/tumr, epon, injr

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