Authors: Omer Faruk Sendur Gulcan Gurer Tuncay Yildirim Emine Ozturk Ali Aydeniz
Publish Date: 2005/10/06
Volume: 25, Issue: 3, Pages: 304-308
Abstract
Patellar malalignment is the most important reason for anterior knee pain Patellar alignment is commonly determined by the measurement of the quadriceps Q angle In this study our primary aim was to investigate the Q angle difference between healthy individuals with and without joint hypermobility The other objectives were to compare the Q angle values which were measured in supine and upright positions to determine hypermobility frequency among healthy males in a certain population and to investigate the correlation between the existent skeletal deformities and Beighton score levels Two hundred fiftythree healthy male college students were examined for hypermobility and skeletal deformities According to the Beighton scoring system three groups n=20 were formed and Q angle measurements were performed on the 60 individuals in both supine and upright positions In the comparison of the groups the mean Q angle values in healthy hypermobile individuals were found to be significantly higher than that of the nonhypermobile ones p005 No statistical difference was found between Q angle values in supine and upright positions p005 The frequency of joint hypermobility Beighton score 4 or more was found to be 2925 in this population No correlation was determined between existent skeletal deformities and Beighton score values p005 In conclusion the Q angle evaluation among healthy hypermobile individuals may have a prognostic value for probable knee pathologies that may appear in the future
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