Researchers at Scottish Rite for Children received a $2.3 million, five-year grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to study how the body repairs bone and restores blood flow in ...

The hydrogel works like a ‘smart glue.’ When it is injected into the injured bone, it quickly breaks down and clings to the bone where it is needed most,” says Chi Ma, Ph.D., senior research scientist ...

Legg-Calvé-Perthes disease (LCPD) is a childhood disorder affecting the hip joint where the pelvis meets the thigh bone. The condition is triggered by inadequate blood supply to the proximal femoral ...

Even with a limited range of motion Tucker Wool became an athlete, playing football, wrestling and throwing for the track team at Jersey Shore High School in Lycoming County. Danine and Steve Wool ...

"GMA" special contributor revisits disease of childhood, now with new treatment. Sept. 25, 2009 — -- Cameron Mathison is 33 years older and about two feet taller than 7-year-old Luke Negrin, but ...

Where most 6-year-olds run with abandon, Grayson Harris is relearning to walk without a walker. Where most children can twist their bodies into a pretzel as they play, he is reclaiming the ability to ...

Legg-Calve-Perthes disease, commonly called Perthes, is a rare disease of the hip that affects 1 in 1,200 children. • Most of the children are athletic. Most are boys. • Age of diagnosis is usually ...

Pathophysiology. The top of the femur, known as the capital femoral epiphysis, serves as the ball of the hip joint when the acetabulum is the socket. In SCFE, the acetabulum holds the femoral head in ...

Some time between the 5th and 3rd centuries BC, a young man was buried in a simple cemetery in Shaanxi Province, China. His mushroom-shaped hip, though, is far from common -- it gives us the first ...

Legg-Calvé-Perthes disease is a health condition that involves avascular necrosis of the proximal femoral head. In common language, this refers to damage induced by reduced blood flow to the ball of ...

Legg-Calvé-Perthes disease in dogs happens when the head of the femur degenerates. The condition causes inflammation and disintegration of the joint. Technically, the condition is also known as ...