Open AccessUltrasound assessment of the meniscus complex formation in health children and with the 1st stage of longitudinal platypodia ones
Author(s) -
А. В. Иванцов,
Daria Vorobyeva
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
medical science pulse
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2544-1620
pISSN - 2544-1558
DOI - 10.5604/01.3001.0014.6947
Subject(s) - valgus , medicine , meniscus , longitudinal study , ultrasound , orthodontics , radiology , mathematics , incidence (geometry) , geometry , pathology
Objectives: Foot arch reduces the exposure of weight and buf load due to its bufer function. in longitudinal platypodia foot looses this function and articular menisci have to take the role of the bufers (shock absorbers). Materials and Methods: Ultrasound assessment of meniscus thickness was performed on the joint space level. Results: varus type (43.4%) of the meniscus complex adaptation was dominant in 5-7 years old patients with the 1st stage longitudinal platypodia; symmetric type (51.9%) – in 8-12 years old patients; valgus type (56%) – in 13-17 years old ones. Healthy children showed the valgus type in all age periods. Conclusions: in our opinion the dominance of the varus type of the meniscus complex in 5-7 aged children and its further conversion into the valgus type in case of the 1st stage longitudinal platypodia refects the reduction of the lower extremities transformation processes from the varus into the most functional convenient valgus position at the age of 13-17. Keywords: meniscus, children, ultrasound investigation.