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peer reviewed how does osgood schlatter disease affects motor development in y
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Dr. Per Freitag answered
Specializes in Orthopedic Surgery
Permanently: The bony effects are permanent but the pain will disappear.
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Osgood-Schlatter: The most common presenting complaint of osd is anterior knee pain that increases progressively over time, from a low-grade ache to pain that impairs a ... Read More
Dr. Hank Chambers answered
39 years experience Pediatric Sports Medicine
Anterior Knee Pain: Osgood schlatter's syndrome occurs in the front of the knees on the tibia bone in growing children usually around 10-14 year olds. In children, the t ... Read More
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Dr. Ratna Dhingra answered
44 years experience Pediatrics
No it does not: This is just a condition on the tibia and not in any growth plates so it does not affect height
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Dr. Ew Christensen answered
28 years experience Family Medicine
No: Osgood Schlatter disease does not affect your overall height. You are about as tall as your dad and taller than your mom - it sounds like your height ... Read More
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Dr. Naresh Rao answered
24 years experience Sports Medicine
Get a second opinion: You should have already had skeletal maturity in your late teens. It is extremely rare to do surgery. Unless you have had trauma in the area i would ... Read More
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Rapid growth: Osgood-schlatter disease generally occurs in children nine to fourteen years old who have experienced a rapid growth spurt. About twenty percent of te ... Read More
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Dr. Mark Galland answered
32 years experience Orthopedic Surgery
Usually not...: Osgood schlatter is usually seen in adolescents, and most symptoms resolve as you age. If you are experiencing pain into adulthood then see a physicia ... Read More
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Dr. Thomas Deberardino answered
32 years experience Orthopedic Surgery
Pad, rest, or excise: When nonoperative treatment fails, surgery is an option to go in and excise the bony fragment fom the tibial tubercle. Easily performed arthroscopical ... Read More
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Dr. David Miller answered
10 years experience Family Medicine
Depends : Depends on age of onset. Os is a form of apophysitis that typically affects pre-adolescent athletes, and can start at 10-11 years old. It can cause p ... Read More
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Yes: Often it resolves on it's own. Sometimes it requires rest and anti-inflammatories. You can also try ice for 20 minutes a couple times a day. In sev ... Read More
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Dr. Arnold Peterson answered
Specializes in Orthopedic Surgery
Unproven: It is a way to treat osgood schlatters but you have to buy the book describing how it works from jenny strickland who developed the treatment. I am u ... Read More
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