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Chinese Journal of Medical Ultrasound (Electronic Edition) ›› 2019, Vol. 16 ›› Issue (11): 857-859. doi: 10.3877/cma.j.issn.1672-6448.2019.11.012

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• Pediatric Ultrasound • Previous Articles     Next Articles

Short-term effects of hip abduction exercise on Graf typeⅡa hip joint in infants

Mingmin Xu1,(), Shengqun Ma2, Xiaoling Gan3, Ting Wang1   

  1. 1. Department of Ultrasound, the First Hospital of Jiaxing City, Jiaxing 314001, China
    2. Department of Ultrasound, Haiyan County Maternal and Child Health Hospital, Jiaxing 314300, China
    3. Department of Child Care, Haiyan County Maternal and Child Health Hospital, Jiaxing 314300, China
  • Received:2018-11-10 Online:2019-11-01 Published:2019-11-01
  • Contact: Mingmin Xu
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Abstract:

Objective

To analyze short-term effects of hip abduction exercise on Graf type IIa hip joint in infants.

Methods

A total of 78 infants born at Haiyan County Maternal and Child Health Hospital from January 2017 to June 2017 were diagnosed with Graf type II a hip joints (90 hips) by ultrasound using the static Graf method. They were selected and randomly divided into either an intervention group (n=41, 47 hips) or a control group (n=37, 43 hips). The intervention group was treated by hip abduction exercise, while the control group did not. After 1~2 months, ultrasound examination was performed to compare the improvement of the α angle in the two groups. The Student′s t-test was used for comparing the age at initial examination, age at reexamination, interval of reexamination, initial α angle, α angle at reexamination, and the improvement of the α angle between the intervention group and the control group. The χ2 test was used to compare the sex ratio of the infants between the two groups.

Results

The α angle increased in both the intervention group and control group (t=12.71 and 13.63, respectively, P<0.001), and the improvement of α angle in the intervention group was more significant than that in the control group (t=2.219, P=0.029). There were no significant differences in the gender ratio, age at initial examination, age at reexamination, or interval of reexamination between the two groups (P>0.05).

Conclusion

Compared with the natural outcome, hip abduction exercise can promote Graf IIa hip joint maturity in the short term.

Key words: Graf type IIa, Hip, Abduction exercise

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