Hips on Point

Advanced Work on the Hips

Painful Hips In Children

The clinical challenge in paediatric hip pain is to distinguish urgent conditions such as infection of the hip joint from the more common irritable hip. Transient synovitis is one of the most common causes in children over 3 years of age but it has similar early symptoms to septic arthritis. This article offers a guide to assessment, an overview of common causes, and clarity around which childr...

Patients with Fractured Hips

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Structure and Properties of Model Polybutadienes and HIPS: Effect of Rubber Microstructure on HIPS Dynamic Mechanical Properties

High impact polystyrene (HIPS) series was synthesized by the mass-suspension process using polybutadiene (PB) rubbers with different cis-1,4, trans-1,4, and vinyl-1,2 isomers content. The HIPS were characterized by TEM, GPC, DMA, and DSC analyses. It was found that the dynamic mechanical properties of HIPS strongly depend upon the microstructure of PB used as a modifier due to the different ten...

To Ski or Not to Ski on Replaced Hips

A report on two friends Since the outbreak of peace and prosperity in Europe forty years ago skiing has become one of the most popular pastimes , and now many of its ageing devotees have had their hips replaced, they are still sound in wind, are they also sound in limb? They feel physically restored, the snows and the slopes beckon, should they accept the challenge or should 'wiser councils pre...