Dislocations: when the joint dislocates

Dislocation most often occurs in the shoulder or knee, but can also affect the elbow, hip, phalanges of the fingers ... © Shutterstock / beeboys

By: Caroline Paré Follow

3 min

Complete dislocation of the joint usually requiring the intervention of a doctor, the dislocation causes severe pain.

It most often occurs in the shoulder or knee but can also affect the elbow, hip, phalanges of the fingers ...

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The most common cause of dislocation is traumatic shock to the joint.

How to recognize a dislocation?

What support is needed?

Do they permanently weaken the joint?

  • Prof. Philippe Anract,

    head of the orthopedic surgery, trauma and treatment of tumors of the musculoskeletal system at

    Cochin hospital

    and head of the osteo-articular pole of Cochin hospital, in Paris.

  • Dr Albert Ngatsé Oko

    , orthopedic surgeon at the

    Verano clinic

    in Brazzaville, Congo.

At the start of the program

, we take stock with

Bénédicte Joan

, president of

the Stop au chat noir association

which helps rape victims, on the scandal that has shaken Côte d'Ivoire for several days.

Yves de M'Bella, host of an Ivorian television was sentenced to 12 months suspended

for inviting an ex-rapist to explain how he abused his victims on his show. How to fight against trivialization and improve the prevention of violence against women?

At the end of the program

, we are talking about a new study, carried out by researchers from

Inserm

and the

National Museum of Natural History

, on the appendix which would be correlated with an extension of the lifespan.

We are talking about it with

Maxime Collard

, Inserm researcher at the Center for Research on Inflammation (Inserm U1149) and first author of the study.  

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