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True leg length – Greater Trochanter of the femur or Anterior Superior Iliac Spine of pelvis to medial malleolus of ipsilateral leg. Apparent leg length – umbilicus or xiphisternum (noting which is used) to the medial malleolus of ipsilateral leg. In hip fractures the affected leg is often shortened and externally rotated.
Unequal leg length with a small degree of difference is very common; small inequalities in leg length may affect 40%–70% of the human population. It has been estimated that at least 0.1% of the population have a difference greater than 20 mm (0.79 in).
For both legs compare true (ASIS to medial malleolus) and apparent (umbilicus to medial malleolus) leg length. Ask the patient to: "put your heel onto your bottom" to test knee flexion. Place your hand over the knee and then the hip joints feeling for crepitus as the patient moves these joints.
The anterior superior iliac spine provides a clue in identifying some other clinical landmarks, including McBurney's point, Roser-Nélaton line, and true leg length.It is an important surface landmark for various surgical approaches, such as treatment of hernia. [7]
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Love was helped off the field with an apparent injury to some portion of his left leg in the closing seconds of the Packers’ 34-29 loss to the Philadelphia Eagles on Friday in Brazil.
[12] [13] The Activator Methods technique uses leg length checks while prone (Position 1) and with the knees bent to 90 degrees (Position 2). Research shows good intraexaminer reliability and moderate interexaminer reliability with leg length checks in position 1, however no consensus has been met on the accuracy of leg length checks in ...
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