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Classroom classification

百科

Patellar osteochondrosis

骨外科

Common symptoms

膝前疼痛、髌骨劳损、髌周指压痛、髌骨疼痛

The pathology of disease

Patellar osteochondrosis includes Osgood-Schlatter (tibial tubercle apophysitis) and Sinding-Larsen-Johansson (inferior patella); adolescents; runners; self-limited; rest; NSAIDs.

Symptoms

Knee pain at tibial tubercle/inferior patella; adolescent; jumping; tenderness; self-limited; growth spurts

Causes

Apophysitis; traction on unfused apophysis; adolescent overuse.

Treatment

Activity modification; NSAIDs; quadriceps stretching; rest; resolves after closure; orthopedics/sports

Dept

Orthopedics / sports medicine / pediatrics.

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