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Legg-Clave-Perthes Disease is an disease of the hip joint that causes an abnormality or deformity of the ball of the hip joint.  The ability for the body to get blood to the head of the femur bone is disrupted and the blood supply is diminished.  The bone is unable to grow and will die off causing the femoral head to collapse and the cartilage to crack and deform.  This deformation causes arthritisArthritis is an inflammation of the joints that is caused by abnormal stress on a normal joint or normal stress on an abnormal joint. It can be triggered by inherited illnesses, trauma or arise from over use of joints. Arthritis causes swelling of the joints, pain, difficulty moving the joints and even loss of movement over time. , inflammation, pain and lameness in the hip joint.