True leg shortening is the situation where there is an actual loss of the length of bone in the leg. Here the pelvis is level, the legs are parallel, but one of the legs is short.
True shortening can be caused by factors proximal or distal to the greater trochanters in the shorter leg, or, more rarely, factors which cause relative lengthening of the apparently good leg:
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