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Significant Leg Length Discrepancy. In these situations there are ways to adapt footwear to help accommodate for the. As the amount of discrepancy increased there were more problems although there was no critical cutoff point. Some patients functioned well athletically with discrepancies of over 25 cm. Most often subtle leg length discrepancies are well tolerated and people can adapt to these differences.
While many people have slight differences in the length of one leg compared to the other a significant. A structural leg length difference MUST be corrected with some height added at the foot. Studies have indicated that many people in the world have leg length discrepancy LLD of 2 cms or lower. A survey of 74 skeletally mature patients with leg length discrepancies of 15 cm or more revealed that patients with less than a 20-cm discrepancy did not consider their short leg to be a problem in any way. Leg length discrepancy is important as unequal length legs can cause an imbalance in posture and gait which can lead to unnecessary stresses on the lower back and hips. However no reports have described the influence of lower limb alignment on LLD after THA.
There are other tricks that can be implemented as well but the general rule is to place 50 of the LLD.
Thirdly we evaluated the influence of LLD in the entire lower leg. While many people have slight differences in the length of one leg compared to the other a significant. The evidence base on the indications for treatment of leg-length discrepancy is poor. Some patients functioned well athletically with discrepancies of over 25 cm. In minor leg-length discrepancy associated with congenital disorders the incidence of clinically significant leg-length discrepancy can be predictable by the annual rate of leg-length discrepancy. There are a wide variety of conservative and surgical.