Rachael Lowe

Rachael Lowe is Co-Founder and Executive Director of Physiopedia. A physiotherapist and technology specialist Rachael has been working with Physiopedia since 2008 to create a resource that provides universal access to physiotherapy knowledge as well as a platform for connecting and educating the global physiotherapy profession.

Prognostic factors and outcome of treatment in Perthes’ disease: a prospective study of 368 patients with five-year follow-up.

October 3, 2008October 12, 2022 by Rachael Lowe

Wiig O, Terjesen T, Svenningsen S

This nationwide prospective study was designed to determine prognostic factors and evaluate the outcome of different treatments of Perthes' disease. It recommends proximal femoral varus osteotomy in children aged six years and over at the time of diagnosis with hips having more than 50% femoral head necrosis and suggests that the abduction orthosis should be abandoned in Perthes' disease.

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery, 2008, 90(10), 1364-71

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