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Minerva Ortopedica e Traumatologica 2010 August;61(4):251-6

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language: Italian

Osgood-Schlatter syndrome and pelvic tilt: longitudinal screening on adolescent male soccer players

Pomara F. ¹, Bianco A. ², Romano G. ⁴, Petrucci M. ⁵, Grosso F. ³, De Vita A. ³, Adamo V. ³, Palma A. ²

¹ Medeor Poliambulatorio, Palermo, Italy 2 Faculty of Motor Science, University of Palermo, Palermo, Italy 3 Sports Medicine Federation, Section of Trapani, Trapani, Italy 4 Cuccio B. srl Physiotherapy Science, Palermo, Italy 5 C.U.S. Palermo Research and Studios, Palermo, Italy

Aim and Methods. We realized a longitudinal screening on 258 adolescent male subjects practising agonistic soccer; during sport season, 10.47% of group (N=27) showed a tibial anterior apophysite (Osgood-Schlatter syndrome).
Results. By statistical analysis we showed that 77.77% of diseases was related to presence of adolescent pelvic tilt; there more we showed that 83.33% of athletes with right Osgood- Schlatter syndrome presented a left pelvic tilt, 66.67% of athletes with left Osgood Schlatter syndrome showed a right pelvic tilt.
Conclusion. The study shows that pelvic tilt can represent a risk factor to controlateral Osgood- Schlatter syndrome inducing a functional overload.