Medical: Osteochondrosis deformans juvenilis of the tuberosity tibiae, apophysitis tibialis adolescentium, juvenile osteochondrosis of the tibia and fibula, rugby knee History In 1903, the American orthopedist Robert Bayley Osgood (1873-1956) and the Swiss surgeon Carl Schlatter (1864-1934) independently published case reports of the disease, which was later named after them. Summary Osgood-Schlatter’s disease is a … Osgood-Schlatter disease
Diagnosis The diagnosis of Osgood-Schlatter’s disease is made by In case of unclear findings may also: Ultrasound examination (sonography) and X-ray of the knee joint in 2 planes (from the front and from the side) A nuclear spin tomography of the knee (magnetic resonance imaging, MRT) Or perhaps a scintigraphy, with which a statement about … Diagnosis | Osgood-Schlatter disease
Prognosis The disease almost always heals without consequences, at the latest when growth is complete. Osgood-Schlatter disease and soccer Osgood-Schlatter disease occurs very frequently in children and adolescents. In this group, in turn, a particularly large number of children are affected who play soccer often and extensively. The particular strain on the knee during soccer, … Prognosis | Osgood-Schlatter disease
Osgood-Schlatter’s disease is an irritation of the patellar tendon (also known as patellar tendon) at its base on the shin bone. In addition to an irritation, this can also lead to the tearing of individual pieces of bone at the shin bone. The patellar tendon connects one of the strongest muscles in the body with … Treatment of Osgood-Schlatter disease
Causal therapy While cooling and pain treatment are symptomatic, the causal therapy of Osgood-Schlatter’s disease focuses on the cause of the disease. As already mentioned, one of the problems here is a bone tissue on the shin bone that is not fully developed or is in the process of remodelling. As a result, it is … Causal therapy | Treatment of Osgood-Schlatter disease
Extracorporeal shock wave therapy A more recent therapeutic approach is the so-called ESWT, extracorporeal shock wave therapy, which has so far mainly been used to destroy kidney stones. However, ESWT can also be used to treat tendon calcifications or bone inclusions and ossicles. Whereas in the early days of ESWT the patient had to lie … Extracorporeal shock wave therapy | Treatment of Osgood-Schlatter disease
