While examining the hips of a 1-month-old baby,you hear an audible clunk as you abduct the left leg and again when you adduct the same leg.This finding is

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Ortolani's maneuver is always performed at the very end of the assessment because it may produce crying.The Ortolani maneuver reduces a posteriorly dislocated hip.It is done to reduce a recently dislocated hip and is not done forcefully.In a positive test,the nurse senses reduction by a palpable,nearly audible "clunk." At about 6 to 10 weeks of age,Ortolani's sign disappears.Metatarsus varus is a medial forefoot malalignment.Gower's sign involves the inability to rise from a sitting to a standing position and is associated with muscular dystrophy.

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