Effect of multiple hereditary exostoses on sports activity in children.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

The purpose of this clinical case-control study was to assess the level of sports activity in children with hereditary multiple exostoses (HME) and to compare with the degree of physical activity in children of the same age without pathology.

Methods

A case-control study was designed. Cases were drawn from children with HME diagnosed on the basis of clinical and radiographic evaluation with an age less then 12 years. Controls were chosen from a group of children with the same age and a negative family history for HME. All patients and controls were completed with the help of parents using the following evaluations: Tegner Activity Level Scale and University of California Los Angeles (UCLA) activity scale.

Results

A total of 154 individuals participated (54 c

SUBMITTER: D'Ambrosi R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6126198 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature