Diagnostics of lateral support syndrome of the patellofemoral joint

Kurtyka Daria, Dziarkowski Dariusz, Gawrych Szymon, Róźański Gracjan, Dobosiewicz Anna Maria, Badiuk Nataliia. Diagnostics of lateral support syndrome of the patellofemoral joint. Journal of Education, Health and Sport. 2018;8(11):787-795. eISNN 2391-8306. DOI http://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3013318 http://ojs.ukw.edu.pl/index.php/johs/article/view/6896 The journal has had 7 points in Ministry of Science and Higher Education parametric evaluation. Part b item 1223 (26/01/2017). 1223 Journal of Education, Health and Sport eISSN 2391-8306 7 © The Author(s) 2018; This article is published with open access at Licensee Open Journal Systems of Kazimierz Wielki University in Bydgoszcz, Poland Open Access. This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Noncommercial License which permits any noncommercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author (s) and source are credited. This is an open access article licensed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non commercial license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/) which permits unrestricted, non commercial use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the work is properly cited. This is an open access article licensed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/) which permits unrestricted, non commercial use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the work is properly cited. The authors declare that there is no conflict of interests regarding the publication of this paper. Received: 19.11.2018. Revised: 22.11.2018. Accepted: 30.11.2018. Diagnostics of lateral support syndrome of the patellofemoral joint Daria Kurtyka¹, Dariusz Dziarkowski¹, Szymon Gawrych¹, Gracjan Róźański1, Anna Maria Dobosiewicz1, Nataliia Badiuk2 1Scientific Circle of Exercise Physiology at Department of Hygiene, Epidemiology and Ergonomics. Division of Ergonomics and Exercise Physiology, Nicolaus Copernicus Univeristy in Toruń, Collegium Medicum in Bydgoszcz, Poland 2State Enterprise Ukrainian Research Institute for Medicine of Transport, Ministry of Health of Ukraine, Odesa, Ukraine Corresponding author: Anna Maria Dobosiewicz, annamdobo@gmail.com Abstract The lateral support syndrome of the patella and thigh joint is classified as a kind of dysplasia of this joint. The causes may be a muscular balance disorder, congenital abnormalities in the locomotor system or posture defects. Lateral support syndrome is most easily diagnosed through physical and subjective examination of the patient, while imaging is the best method to determine the exact type and scale of the abnormality. Keywords: Patellofemoral joint, diagnostic, lateral support syndrom