- Does the child have any urinal challenges like wetting the bed at night? This can help understand the possibility of femur fracture and the possibility of this turning into pica cast (Pediatric Assessment, 2006).
- What safety equipment does the child use when playing, especially when riding a bicycle?
- To the parent, what is the health status of both parents and is there any history of musculoskeletal disorders like arthritis or muscular dystrophy? The two disorders are hereditary (Ganel, Dudkiewicz & Grogan, 2003).
- What is the general state of the playground or space at school and at home?
- Inspection of the arm to check for bending at the point where the bones articulate, assess the possibility of hip dislocation by having the child stand on one leg at a time, check the legs to ensure they are well aligned and lastly, evaluate the possibility of bowed legs by measuring the distance from the first knee to the next when the child has positioned the ankles together (Jarvis, 2016).
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