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. 1992 Oct;61(2):151–156.

The Belfast hip screener: from infancy to maturity.

W G Kernohan 1, B P Trainor 1, P E Haugh 1, A F Johnston 1, R A Mollan 1
PMCID: PMC2448950  PMID: 1481305

Abstract

Hip dislocation remains the most significant childhood orthopaedic abnormality despite the efforts of neonatal screening, first described in 1910. A new method of enhancing the performance of screening, the Belfast hip screener, is a non-invasive device developed to detect and interpret the vibrations ("clicks" and "clunks") which are emitted as the hips are physically tested. A progress report is presented covering ten years' work from early records made with tape recorders to modern methods of digital signal processing.

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