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Hip injury

Hip injury: Introduction

Any injury involving the hip. The hip is a ball and socket joint consisting of the top of the femur (ball) and the socket of the pelvic bone. Injury to the hip can be minor or severe enough to impair a persons mobility.

Symptoms of Hip injury

• Hip pain
• Back pain
• Knee pain
• Limp
• Balance problems
• more symptoms...»

See full list of 8 symptoms of Hip injury

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Disease Topics Related To Hip injury

Research the causes of these diseases that are similar to, or related to, Hip injury:

• Osteoarthritis
• Gout
• Septic arthritis
• Osteomyelitis
• Hip dislocation
• Fractures
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Medical Textbooks Online about Hip injury

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Wrongly Diagnosed with Hip injury?

• Misdiagnosis of Hip injury
• Hidden causes of Hip injury (possibly wrongly diagnosed)

Hip injury: Marketplace Products, Discounts & Offers

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Hip injury: Undiagnosed Conditions

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• more undiagnosed conditions...»

Misdiagnosis and Hip injury

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Hip injury: Research Doctors & Specialists

Research related physicians and medical specialists:

• Nerve Specialists:
  • Neuromusculoskeletal Medicine
  • Neurology (Brain/CNS Specialists)
  • Pediatric Neurology (Child Brain Specialist)
  • Spinal Cord Injury Medicine
• Pain Specialists:
  • Pain Medicine
  • Rheumatology (Arthritis / Joint Pain)
• Arthritis & Joint Health Specialists (Rheumatology):
  • Rheumatology (Joint Health)
  • Pediatric Rheumatology (Child Joint Health)
• more specialists...»

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Causes of Hip injury

Read more about causes of Hip injury.

Evidence Based Medicine Research for Hip injury

Medical research articles related to Hip injury include:

• Hip Dislocations
• Hip Pointer (Follow-up)
• Hip Pointer (Diagnosis)
• Snapping Hip Syndrome (Follow-up)
• Hip Pointer (Overview)
• Snapping Hip Syndrome (Diagnosis)
• Hip Pointer (Treatment)
• Falls
• more research...»

Click here to find more evidence-based articles on the TRIP Database

Videos for Hip injury

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Patient Surveys for Hip injury

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• Survey about the symptoms of your Hip injury
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Reseach about Hip injury

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Clinical Trials for Hip injury

The US based website ClinicalTrials.gov lists information on both federally and privately supported clinical trials using human volunteers.

Some of the clinical trials listed on ClinicalTrials.gov for Hip injury include:

• Effects of Exercise on Markers of Inflammation in Skeletal Muscle in Elderly Hip Fracture Patients - This study has been completed (Current: 23 Nov 2006)
• Image Guided System for Orthopaedic Surgery - This study has been terminated (Current: 23 Nov 2006)
• Evaluating the Ability of Zoledronic Acid to Reduce the Rate of Subsequent Osteoporotic Fractures After a Hip Fracture - This study is no longer recruiting patients (Current: 23 Nov 2006) - Zoledronic Acid
• The HIP Impact Protection Program (HIP PRO) - This study is currently recruiting patients (Current: 23 Nov 2006)
• Factor IX Inhibition in Thrombosis Prevention (The FIXIT Trial) - This study is no longer recruiting patients (Current: 23 Nov 2006) - TTP889
• more trials...»

See full list of 26 Clinical Trials for Hip injury

Statistics for Hip injury

• Medical statistics for Hip injury
• Death and Mortality statistics for Hip injury
• Society statistics for Hip injury

Hip injury: Broader Related Topics

• Hip conditions
• more types...»

Types of Hip injury

Stories from Users Related to Hip injury

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