J Korean Orthop Assoc.  1994 Jun;29(3):842-846. 10.4055/jkoa.1994.29.3.842.

A Radiological Study of the Relationship between Osgood-Schlatter's Disease and the Patella alta

• Lee SH
• Lim HC
• Lee EJ
• Lim IT

• KMID: 2423147
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.4055/jkoa.1994.29.3.842

Abstract

The influence of trauma and the mechanical overpull by the strong extensor muscles of the knee are two possible causes of the Osgood-Schlatter's disease. The aim of this study was to assess the relationship between Osgood-Schlatter's disease and the patella alta. The Blackburne and Peel's method of assessing the position of the patella was applied to 144 knees in 94 patients with Osgood-Schlatter's disease. The normal index of 0.84 was confirmed in 65 control knees. In the knees with Osgood-Schlatter's disease the index averaged 1.03(patella alta) in boys and 0.94 in girls(average in whole patients was 1.02) (p < 0.05). This finding indicates that the strong pull of the well-developed quadriceps muscle may be a possible etiological factor in patella alta associated with Osgood-Schlatter's disease.

Keyword

Osgood-Schlatter's disease; Patella alta

MeSH Terms

Humans
Knee
Methods
Muscles
Patella*
Quadriceps Muscle