Hip Injury
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Hip Injury Symptoms
Symptoms of a hip injury include:
Hip
swelling
Bruising over the hip joint
Hip tenderness
Hip pain
:
Worse with movement of the hip joint
Symptoms of a serious hip injury include:
Sudden, severe
hip pain
Inability to move the hip joint
Inability to stand or walk
Knee pain (unilateral)
Leg numbness (unilateral)
Leg weakness (unilateral)
Shortening of the leg
Sudden, severe
hip pain
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Last Updated: May 19, 2008
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D. Scott Gettings, MD
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Hip Injury References:
Dominguez S, Liu P, Roberts C, Mandell M, Richman PB. Prevalence of traumatic hip and pelvic fractures in patients with suspected hip fracture and negative initial standard radiographs--a study of emergency department patients. Acad Emerg Med. 2005 Apr;12(4):366-9.
Dubey A, Koval KJ, Zuckerman JD. Hip fracture epidemiology: a review. Am J Orthop. 1999 Sep;28(9):497-506.