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. 2022 Oct 10;2022(10):CD012717. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD012717.pub2

Murphy 2017.

Study characteristics
Methods Design: retrospective study
Unit of randomization: baby
Participants Location/Setting: single centre; Ireland
Sample size: 149
Number of withdrawals/dropouts: 16
Sex: not stated
Mean age: not stated
Graf: all IIa
Inclusion criteria: Graf IIa hips only
Exclusion criteria: not stated
Interventions Intervention (sample size): Pavlik harness (n = 72)
Control (sample size): followed up without treatment but with ultrasound (n = 61)
Outcomes Primary outcome(s): resolution of dysplasia on subsequent imaging; failure of resolution or deterioration on subsequent imaging
Secondary outcome(s): need for operative intervention
Timing of outcome assessment: not stated
Notes Study start date: 2014
Study end date: 2015
Funding source: not stated
Conflicts of interest: not stated
Comment(s): abstract only