What Every Physical Therapist Should Know About Hip Dysplasia!

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In today's episode we go over What Physical Therapists NEED to Know About Hip Dysplasia - FPF Show Episode 177

0:00 Introduction
2:46 What is the definition and background of hip dysplasia?
4:17 How common is hip dysplasia and in which populations do we see it most?
5:25 Can hip dysplasia be asymptomatic?
5:51 Relevant anatomy for hip dysplasia (Why the labrum is so important)
7:17 What does a hip with dysplasia look like?
8:34 What are relevant risk factors for developing hip dysplasia?
18:54 Pathogenesis and mechanism of injury behind hip dysplasia
24:23 What is the clinical presentation of hip dysplasia?
36:32 What do you expect to see in the physical examination (objective tests) of hip dysplasia?
42:49 What radiographic (X-Ray) findings are present with hip dysplasia? (Lateral center edge and Tonnis angle)
48:53 Are MRIs needed or useful in patients with hip dysplasia?
51:19 Are corticosteroids useful to diagnose hip dysplasia?
52:44 What is the differential diagnosis of hip dysplasia?
1:09:04 What are treatment options for patients with hip dysplasia?
1:09:38 Is physical therapy effective for hip dysplasia?
1:11:20 Are cortisone injections helpful for hip dysplasia?
1:12:03 What surgeries are used to treat hip dysplasia? (PAO, derotation osteotomy)
1:14:06 Which patients are appropriate (and NOT appropriate) for surgery?
1:16:46 What does a peri-acetabular osteotomy surgery look like? (PAO)
1:17:30 Should dysplasia patients get hip labral repair without PAO?
1:19:33 Outcomes and return to sport rates after PAO surgery
1:28:50 What Physical Therapists Need to Know About Femoral Acetabular Impingement Syndrome

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