Leg-Length Inequality and Low-Back Pain after Perthesʼ Disease
- 1 December 1992
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wolters Kluwer Health
- Vol. 5 (4) , 443-447
- https://doi.org/10.1097/00002517-199212000-00009
Abstract
Summary A follow-up of 96 patients with Perthes' disease was made 28–47 years after onset of the disease. We paid special attention to leg-length inequality and its consequences and low-back disability. Leg-length inequality was a common finding, but low-back pain was not a significant problem. Leg-length inequality and lumbar scoliosis correlated poorly with low-back disorders. Degeneration of the lumbar spine was the only factor that correlated well with low-back pain.Keywords
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