The Git-R-Done Foundation is a proud supporter of The International Hip Dysplasia Institute(IHDI). Through a $5,000,000 donation from The Git-R-Done Foundation, the IHDI was established to bring together the top minds in the world in the field of hip dysplasia. The IHDI has started research projects that will hopefully, one day, be the cornerstone of diagnosing, preventing and curing hip dysplasia.
Dec. 12,2011-The IHDI featured on Illuminate
The IHDI was featured on Illuminate and there is a great article and video about proper swaddling for a hip healthy baby! Follow the link for more information about the subject and The International Hip Dysplasia Institute.
Update from Dr. Charles Price and the IHDI (Nov. 2011)
We’ve made some good progress in several areas. One big one is that we are now ready to expand our “physician network” and identify good doctors so patients and parents can find qualified doctors in their region by visiting the IHDI website. We’ve agreed that we’ll have enough information from our research that we can plan for an educational course to promote some of the “best practices” we’ve identified. We expect to have some Practice Guidelines in a year so we’re planning our first course in 2013.
With all the patients we have in the database and the different treatments at 7 sites, we can answer some of the critical questions about treatment. We’re also going to add four more sites that have slightly different treatments than our seven. One will be in Norway, one in Germany, one in Israel and one more in USA (St. Louis). The USA one will make four sites in the USA, but the other three places use different braces than the Pavlik so their data should be interesting for comparison. This type of information could only be determined by collecting hundreds of cases from multiple sites that use slightly different treatment approaches. We’ve got that now and we’re growing even more. A thousand cases will make it even more reliable. It’s all pretty amazing to me.
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