Overview
What is Osgood-Schlatter disease (OSD)?
How does Osgood-Schlatter disease (OSD) develop?
What causes Osgood-Schlatter disease (OSD)?
What are the risk factors for Osgood-Schlatter disease (OSD)?
What is the prevalence of Osgood-Schlatter disease (OSD)?
What are the sexual predilections of Osgood-Schlatter disease (OSD)?
Which age groups have the highest prevalence of Osgood-Schlatter disease (OSD)?
What is the prognosis of Osgood-Schlatter disease (OSD)?
What is included in patient education about Osgood-Schlatter disease (OSD)?
Presentation
What are the signs and symptoms of Osgood-Schlatter disease (OSD)?
Which physical findings are characteristic of Osgood-Schlatter disease (OSD)?
What is included in the physical exam for Osgood-Schlatter disease (OSD)?
DDX
Which conditions are included in the differential diagnoses of Osgood-Schlatter disease (OSD)?
What are the differential diagnoses for Osgood-Schlatter Disease?
Workup
How is Osgood-Schlatter disease (OSD) diagnosed?
Which histologic findings are characteristic of Osgood-Schlatter disease (OSD)?
What is the role of radiographs in the diagnosis of Osgood-Schlatter disease (OSD)?
What is the role of ultrasonography in the evaluation of Osgood-Schlatter disease (OSD)?
What is the role of bone scanning in the evaluation of Osgood-Schlatter disease (OSD)?
What is the role of CT scanning and MRI in the diagnosis of Osgood-Schlatter disease (OSD)?
What is the role of lab studies in the diagnosis of Osgood-Schlatter disease (OSD)?
Treatment
What are the AAOS and AAFP recommendations for the treatment of Osgood-Schlatter disease (OSD)?
How is Osgood-Schlatter disease (OSD) treated?
What is the role of physical therapy in the treatment of Osgood-Schlatter disease (OSD)?
What is included in the acute phase of physical therapy for Osgood-Schlatter disease (OSD)?
What is included in the recovery phase of physical therapy for Osgood-Schlatter disease (OSD)?
How can short-arc quadriceps exercises for Osgood-Schlatter disease (OSD) be performed?
How can wall slides for Osgood-Schlatter disease (OSD) be performed?
What is the role of surgery in the treatment of Osgood-Schlatter disease (OSD)?
What are indications for surgery in Osgood-Schlatter disease (OSD)?
What are contraindications to surgery in patients with Osgood-Schlatter disease (OSD)?
What are the possible complications of Osgood-Schlatter disease (OSD)?
Medications
Which medications are used in the treatment of Osgood-Schlatter disease (OSD)?
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Radiograph of a patient who is skeletally mature. Note that the tibial tubercle is enlarged and there is an ossicle. A bursa was overlying this.
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Radiograph of a patient who is skeletally immature. The tubercle is elongated and fragmented
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Image courtesy of John T. Killion, MD; OSA Pediatric Orthopaedics
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Image courtesy of John T. Killion, MD; OSA Pediatric Orthopaedics