Orthopaedic

Silverskiold test improved ankle dorsiflexion with knee flexed = gastrocnemius tightness   

🌹alpha angle angle created by lines along the bony acetabulum and the ilium normal is greater than 60°

🌹alpha angle angle created by lines along the bony acetabulum and the ilium normal is greater than 60°

less than 20° is considered abnormal

reliable only in patients over the age of 5 years

Center-edge angle (CEA) of Wiberg  angle formed by a vertical line from the center of the femoral head and a line from the center of the femoral head to the lateral edge of the acetabulum less than 20° is considered abnormal reliable only in patients over the age of 5 years acetabular teardrop not typically present prior to hip reduction development of teardrop after reduction is thought to be good prognostic sign for hip function

reliable only in patients over the age of 5 years 🌹less than 20° is considered abnormal