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Hipscreen
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Purpose
HipScreen is a free smartphone app and educational tool designed to help medical professionals, caregivers, and parents understand and implement a hip surveillance programme for children with cerebral palsy. The app includes a Migration Percentage Ruler which an be used to measure hip migration percentages from a photo of an x-ray.
Assesment Type
Patient Group
Cerebral Palsy
Age Group
Infants (0-2 years) | Children (3-12 years) | Adolescents (13-17 years) | Young Adult (18+ years)
ICF domain
Body Structure & Function
Area of assessment
None
Key description
The HipScreen App was developed by pediatric orthopaedic surgeons Vedant Kulkarni, MD and Jon Davids, MD and is provided as a public service by the developers and Shriner Hospital for Children.
The app includes a useful Migration Percentage Ruler which enables therapists to digitally measure the Hip Mirgration Percentage using a photo of a hip x-ray.
Kulkarni et al (2018) concluded that the Hipscreen Migration Percentage Ruler is a highly reliable tool which can significantly reduce the time required to measure a hip surveillance x-ray.
Cost
Free
Equipment required
Smartphone and downloaded app
Training required
Online tutorials
Considerations & references
The Hipscreen app also includes:
• information relating to the evidence supporting hip surveillance for children with cerebral palsy
• a standardised protocol for obtaining a properly positioned hip x-ray
• information to help understand the important features of a hip x-ray
• a hip surveillance tab with advice on the recommended screening schedules for different levels of disability
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