Sinding-Larsen-Johansson Lesion
Sinding-Larsen-Johansson Lesion (or syndrome) is one of a group of injuries known as osteochondroses which cause knee pain in adolescents. Other similar injuries include Osgood's Schlatter Disease. It is a chronic stress injury to the base of the patella (knee cap).
Symptoms of Sinding-Larsen-Johansson Lesion
- Pain at the front of the knee.
- Pain gets worse during or after exercise.
- It may be tender to touch around the base of the knee cap.
What is Sinding Larson Johansson Syndrome?
Sinding-Larsen-Johansson lesion or syndrome usually affects young boys, up to the early teens. It is caused by a combination of excessive traction on the patella from the patella tendon and usually a period of rapid growth.
This condition is described as the adolescent equivolent to Jumper's knee (patella tendinopathy). Other alternative diagnoses include osgood schlatters disease and a bipartitie patella.
Cases of Sinding-Larsen-Johansson usually correct themselves once the skeleton matures.
Treatment
- Relative rest from aggravating activities.
- Cold therapy to ease pain and inflammation.
- Gentle quad stretching exercises (provided they are pain-free).
- Quad strengthening.
- Sports massage to the quads to aid flexibility and to the tendon to aid blood flow and break down adhesions.
