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The Journal of Bone & Joint Surgery British Volume
Vol. 71-B, Issue 2 | Pages 229 - 233
1 Mar 1989
Hall A Barker D

Perthes' disease is common in certain urban areas within Britain. It is one manifestation of a generalised growth disorder and nutritional causes are suspected. Orthopaedic surgeons throughout the Yorkshire region recorded all new patients with Perthes' disease over two years. There were large geographical differences in incidence which could not be explained by urban-rural or social class differences. No cases were recorded in a large area within the eastern part of the region, which is in high-grade farming land and has had a relatively low infant mortality throughout this century.


The Journal of Bone & Joint Surgery British Volume
Vol. 70-B, Issue 4 | Pages 611 - 613
1 Aug 1988
Hall A Barker D Dangerfield P Osmond C Taylor J

There is a high incidence of Perthes' disease among the children of unskilled manual workers in underprivileged urban areas in Britain. The skeletal measurements of 38 Liverpool children with Perthes' disease were compared with those of their siblings and of normal children from the inner and outer city. Children in families where Perthes' disease occurs have retarded growth of the trunk, with reduced sitting height and bi-acromial diameter. Among those who develop the disease there is also retarded limb growth, most evident as unusually small feet.


The Journal of Bone & Joint Surgery British Volume
Vol. 60-B, Issue 4 | Pages 478 - 480
1 Nov 1978
Barker D Dixon E Taylor J

Throughout 1976 orthopaedic surgeons in three regions of England forwarded details of all new patients with Perthes' disease attending outpatient clinics or admitted as inpatients. The incidence in the Mersey region (11.1 per 100 000 children under fifteen years) was twice that in Wessex (5.5) with Trent having an intermediate incidence (7.6). The ratio of male to female incidence varied between the regions as did the age distribution of male cases. These findings point to the importance of environmental factors in the aetiology of the disease, and suggest the need for further epidemiological studies.