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AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
medicine
Femoral torsion in patients with Blount's disease: A previously unrecognised component
Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery - Series B, Volume 91, No. 10, Year 2009
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Description
In 1937 Blount described a series of 28 patients with 'Tibia vara'. Since then, a number of deformities in the tibia and the femur have been described in association with this condition. We analysed 14 children with Blount's disease who were entered into a cross-sectional study. Their mean age was 10 (2 to 18). They underwent a clinical assessment of the rotational profile of their legs and a CT assessment of the angle of anteversion of their hips (femoral version). We compared our results to previously published controls. A statistically significant increase in femoral anteversion was noted in the affected legs, with on average the femurs in patients with Blount's disease being 26° more anteverted than those in previously published controls. We believe this to be a previously unrecognised component of Blount's disease, and that the marked intoeing seen in the disease may be partly caused by internal femoral version, in addition to the well-recognised internal tibial version. ©2009 British Editorial Society of Bone and Joint Surgery.
Authors & Co-Authors
Aird, James J.
South Africa, Empangeni
Ngwelezana Hospital
Hogg, A.
South Africa, Empangeni
Ngwelezana Hospital
United Kingdom, London
Guy's Hospital
Rollinson, Paul D.
South Africa, Empangeni
Ngwelezana Hospital
Statistics
Citations: 20
Authors: 3
Affiliations: 2
Identifiers
Doi:
10.1302/0301-620X.91B10.22554
ISSN:
0301620X
Research Areas
Health System And Policy
Maternal And Child Health
Study Design
Cross Sectional Study
Study Approach
Quantitative