When all is not good – managing an adolescent with Osgood Schlatter disease

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Journal of Clinical Orthopaedics | Vol 8 | Issue 1 |  Jan-Jun 2023 | page: 25-31 | Tushar Agarwal, Pooja Suratwala

DOI: 10.13107/jcorth.2023.v08i01.557

Author: Tushar Agarwal [1], Pooja Suratwala [2]

[1] Aastha Hospital, 65 Balasinor Society, SV Road Kandivali West, Mumbai 67 India,
[2] Clinical Fellow Paediatric Orthopaedics, Aastha Hospital, Kandivali, India.

Address of Correspondence
Dr. Tushar Agrawal,

Aastha Hospital, 65 Balasinor Society, SV Road Kandivali West, Mumbai 67, India.
E-mail: drtusharagrawal@gmail.com

Abstract

Anterior knee pain in children above 10 years of age is a part of every orthopaedic surgeon OPD practice. Osgood-Schlatter disease is the most common cause in skeletal of immature athletic children. It is a condition, in which the patellar tendon insertion on the tibial tuberosity becomes inflamed. It tends to occur more commonly in boys and it occurs in the second decade of life ( 10-15 years). It is a self limiting condition and and occurs secondary to repetitive extensor mechanism stress activities such as jumping and sprinting. OSD is a clinical diagnosis, and only radiographic evaluation may be done to confirm the diagnosis. Pain level dictates overall treatment, and management includes symptomatic treatment with ice and NSAIDs, as well as activity modification. & relative rest from inciting activities in association with lower extremities stretching exercises. In this paper we discuss the etiology, presentation, evaluation, and management of osgood schlatter disease.

Keywords: osgood Schlatter disease , osteochondritis, anterior knee pain.

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How to Cite this article: Agarwal T, Suratwala P. When All Is Not Good – Managing an Adolescent with Osgood–Schlatter Disease. Journal of Clinical Orthopaedics Jan-Jun 2023;8(1):25-31.

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