EC Paediatrics

Guest Editorial Volume 13 Issue 1 - 2024

A Limping Child an Opinion

Abdul Gatrad*

Consultant Paediatrician and Honorary Professor, Manor Hospital, Walsall, UK and University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY, USA

*Corresponding Author: Abdul Gatrad, Consultant Paediatrician and Honorary Professor, Manor Hospital, Walsall, UK and University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY, USA.
Received: November 17, 2023; Published: December 06, 2023



The parents of a three-year old boy present to the surgery concerned about their son’s limp.

 What you should consider

Pain which may be direct (i.e. from anywhere in the leg) or referred (e.g. from the testicles, abdomen or back); also consider weakness and/or a deformity.

Abdul Gatrad. "A Limping Child an Opinion". EC Paediatrics 13.1 (2024): 01-02.