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.
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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?
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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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