The bizarre stiff hip. Possible idiopathic chondrolysis
Duncan, J.W.; Schrantz, J.L.; Nasca, R.J.
JAMA 231(4): 382-385
1975
ISSN/ISBN: 0098-7484 PMID: 1172705 Document Number: 86533
Idiopathic chondrolysis of the hip is characterized by pain and limp in adolescence, with progressive loss of articular cartilage space and stiffness of the hip. In our five cases, the best results were obtained in those patients immobilized in a position of function. Those cases in which range-of-motion exercises were carried out resulted in ankylosis in a position of excessive flexion.