Intra- and interobserver variability of novel magnetic resonance imaging parameters for hip screening and treatment outcomes at age 5 years.

Background: The outcome measure of neonatal hip screening is usually the radiographic acetabular index.

Objective: To assess the feasibility of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) without sedation and compare the utility of outcome parameters measured from MRI images.

Materials And Methods: The invitation for MRI scanning at 5 years of age was incorporated into follow-up for babies who had more than one ultrasound examination during treatment or surveillance.

Neonatal hip ultrasound: tangent to lateral roof angle correlates better with stability than alpha angle according to Graf or percentage femoral head coverage.

The aim of this study was to determine the relationship of tangent to the lateral roof angle (TLRA), Graf's alpha angle and percentage femoral head cover (PHC) and to observed stability, and to establish intraobserver and interobserver errors for measurement of alpha angle and TLRA. In total, 2235 babies referred to the hip review clinic over a period of 8  years. Intraobserver and interobserver errors were calculated from readings of 383 hip images by an experienced paediatric radiologist and a trainee.

Values for bony acetabular roof angle and percentage femoral head cover in a selective ultrasound neonatal hip-screening programme: effect of age, sex and side.

Published maturation curves for bony acetabular roof or α angle (AA) and percentage femoral head cover (FHC) with age are sparse. We aimed to determine typical values for AA and FHC in 2236 infants referred to a selective ultrasound screening programme. There was increase in the values of first measurement of AA and FHC related to the logarithm of age.

An Exploratory Study into Objective and Reported Characteristics of Neuropathic Pain in Women with Chronic Pelvic Pain.

Chronic pelvic pain (CPP) affects 5.7-26.6% women worldwide.

The BMEA study: the impact of meridian balanced method electroacupuncture on women with chronic pelvic pain-a three-arm randomised controlled pilot study using a mixed-methods approach.

Introduction: Chronic pelvic pain (CPP) affects 3-4% of women worldwide. Proven treatments for CPP are limited and unsatisfactory. The meridian balance method (BM) electroacupuncture (EA) treatment (BMEA + Traditional Chinese Medicine Health Consultation (TCM HC) may be effective for CPP.