pediatrics
Osgood Schlatter Disease
Introduction
Osgood-Schlatter disease is Overview of Osteochondroses of the tibial tubercle, causing painful inflammation. Diagnosis is mainly clinical. Treatment includes analgesics and rest. Osgood-Schlatter disease occurs between ages 10 years and 15 years and is usually unilateral. Although the disease is more common among boys, this status is changing as girls become more active in sports programs. Etiology of Osgood-Schlatter disease is thought to be trauma due to excessive traction by the patellar tendon on its immature epiphyseal insertion, leading to microavulsion fractures. Characteristic symptoms of Osgood-Schlatter disease are pain, swelling, and tenderness over the tibial tubercle at the patellar tendon insertion. There are no systemic manifestations. 