[Hip dislocation in Indians of Quebec].

The prevalence of congenital dislocation of the hip in the Cree Indian population of Canada is very high. On 3 separate occasions, from 1973 to 1976, the author had the opportunity to conduct 3 missions in Quebec Northern Territories with the objective of training the medical personnel for carrying out examination of the hips in the neonatal period for the early diagnosis of congenital dislocation of the hip and the application of simple and efficient methods of treatment. The author reports his observations on the use of the tihkinakan cradle board, the high incidence of ligamentous hyperlaxity and how it may affect the clinical findings, the result of treatment of the older child and the clinical and radiological findings of the untreated dislocation in the adults. Most dislocations of the hip in the Cree Indians are now diagnosed early and a large number of them treated locally with braces and harnesses.