Coxa vara in three patients with concommitant cerebral palsy
Gordon, S.L.; Cotler, J.M.
Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research 137: 175-180
1978
ISSN/ISBN: 0009-921X PMID: 743826 Document Number: 137003
Many theories have been advanced to explain the final neck shaft angle in the developing proximal femur. Muscle spasticity and delayed weight-bearing are the postulated causes of the development of the valgus deformity in patients with neuromuscular disease. Three patients with coxa vara exhibited some degree of spasticity and delayed weight-bearing. In spite of this, each child developed a varus rather than a valgus hip deformity. Existing theories seem not to adequately explain the development of the final neck shaft angle.