Open AccessRelationship between the clinical findings and radiographic severity in Osgood–Schlatter disease
Author(s) -
Mitsuru Hanada,
Masaharu Takahashi,
Matsuyama
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
open access journal of sports medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 1179-1543
DOI - 10.2147/oajsm.s29115
Subject(s) - medicine , radiography , body mass index , stage (stratigraphy) , disease , pediatrics , physical therapy , surgery , paleontology , biology
Osgood-Schlatter disease (OSD) is one of the common causes of knee pain in active adolescents who play sports. The common age for boys to have OSD is between 12 and 15 years and for girls, between 8 and 12 years. Radiographic studies are helpful in diagnosis and treatment of OSD.
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