This is the Sinding-Larsen-Johansson disease (SLJD), and has been used as an umbrella term for the syndrome that causes pain of the inferior pole of the patella ...SearchSearchSearchTogglenavigationpPhysiopediapPhysiopediaAboutNewsContributeCoursesResourcesContactDonateLoginpPhysiopediaAboutNewsContributeCoursesResourcesShopContactDonatepo+ContentsEditorsCategoriesShareCiteContentsloading...Editorsloading...Categoriesloading...Whenreferingtoevidenceinacademicwriting,youshouldalwaystrytoreferencetheprimary(original)source.Thatisusuallythejournalarticlewheretheinformationwasfirststated.InmostcasesPhysiopediaarticlesareasecondarysourceandsoshouldnotbeusedasreferences.Physiopediaarticlesarebestusedtofindtheoriginalsourcesofinformation(seethereferenceslistatthebottomofthearticle).IfyoubelievethatthisPhysiopediaarticleistheprimarysourcefortheinformationyouarereferingto,youcanusethebuttonbelowtoaccessarelatedcitationstatement.CitearticleSindingLarsenJohanssonSyndromeJumpto:navigation,searchOriginalEditor-User:AndrewKlaehn,YelenaGesthuizenaspartoftheVrijeUniversiteitBrusselEvidence-basedPracticeProjectTopContributors-Admin,YelenaGesthuizen,LaureVanderDonckt,AndrewKlaehn,MichelleLee,AdamVallelyFarrell,WandavanNiekerk,CharlotteMoreau,KimJackson,ClaireKnott,NaomiO'ReillyandGitteVerdoodtContents1Definition/Description2ClinicallyRelevantAnatomy3Epidemiology/Etiology4Characteristics/ClinicalPresentation5DifferentialDiagnosis6DiagnosticProcedures7OutcomeMeasures8Examination9PhysicalTherapyTreatment10MedicalTreatment11Prevention12ReferencesDefinition/Description[edit|editsource]SindingLarsenJohanssonSyndrome(SLJ)isajuvenileosteochondrosisandtractionepiphysitisaffectingtheextensormechanismofthekneewhichdisturbsthepatellatendonattachmenttotheinferiorpoleofthepatella.Thetendernessoftheinferiorpoleofthepatellaisusuallyaccompaniedbyroentgenographicevidenceofsplinteringofthatpole.MostpatientswithSLJalsoshowacalcificationattheinferiorpoleofthepatella.[1]SindingLarsenJohanssonsyndromeisani