Screening for Developmental Dysplasia of the Hip

Release Date: March 2006

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This topic page summarizes the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) recommendations on screening for hip dysplasia.

Summary of Recommendations / Supporting Documents

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Summary of Recommendation

• The USPSTF concludes that evidence is insufficient to recommend routine screening for developmental dysplasia of the hip in infants as a means to prevent adverse outcomes.^a
  Grade: I Statement.

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^a Standard language associated with the grade I Statement is "The USPSTF concludes that the evidence is insufficient to recommend for or against routinely providing {the service}." For this specific recommendation, the USPSTF modified the language to indicate the lack of evidence that screening for a condition with a poorly defined natural history would improve health outcomes while there is evidence that interventions cause known harms.

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Supporting Documents

Screening for Developmental Dysplasia of the Hip, March 2006
Recommendation Statement (PDF File, 90 KB; PDF Help)
Systematic Literature Review (PDF File, 615 KB; PDF Help)
Evidence Synthesis (PDF File Download)

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Current as of March 2006

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Internet Citation:

Screening for Developmental Dysplasia of the Hip, Topic Page. March 2006. U.S. Preventive Services Task Force. http://www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/uspshipd.htm

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