VicHip

Project status: Active

Research area: Clinical Sciences > Orthopaedics

Our mission is to improve hip care and outcomes for patients with hip dysplasia through ground breaking research.

We are a group of families, hip health experts and researchers dedicated to learning more about hip dysplasia, its causes, and the most effective treatments.

Visit the VicHip website

We are a group of families, hip health experts and researchers dedicated to learning more about hip dysplasia, its causes, and the most effective treatments.

Visit the VicHip website

We are a group of families, hip health experts and researchers dedicated to learning more about hip dysplasia, its causes, and the most effective treatments.

Visit the VicHip website

Hip dysplasia

Hip dysplasia, also known as developmental dysplasia of the hip (DDH), is a common condition in children where the hip ball-and-socket joint doesn’t develop normally. Hip dysplasia can be mild or severe and affects one in every 100 babies.

If not treated, hip dysplasia can cause problems like pain and disability. It is also the underlying cause of one-quarter of hip replacements under the age of 50.

However, hip dysplasia is often easily treated when caught early. More key facts are available on the VicHip website.

The Victorian hip dysplasia registry, or VicHip, is a clinical registry of patients diagnosed with hip dysplasia in Victoria.

A clinical registry collects and analyses confidential health information about people who have the same condition to help improve care and treatment for future patients. Through VicHip, we want to learn more about what causes hip dysplasia and how best to detect and treat it.

If your child has been diagnosed with hip dysplasia and sees a doctor at a participating hospital or clinic, we invite you to join VicHip. By sharing information about your child's health, you can help doctors establish a shared understanding of the screening and diagnostic evidence.

VicHip is run by Murdoch Children’s Research Institute (MCRI), with support from The Royal Children’s Hospital and the University of Melbourne and funded by the Australian Government Department of Health and Aged Care.