Background Osgood-Schlatter disease (OSD) of the knee in youth is one of the most frequent of anterior knee pain in athletes. There are several risk factors that contribute to this disease. Objective ...

Background High-intensity sports like Squash expose immature athletes to the risk of developing Osgood-Schlatter's (OSD) disease during critical periods of growth. Acute OSD episodes have been ...

Some athletes can continue play with a stress ... which are key components of most sports. Osgood-Schlatter disease is a traction apophysitis of the tibial tubercle. It presents at about the ...

Osgood-Schlatter disease is an injury resulting from overuse. It most common in adolescents experiencing growth spurts and is caused by inflammation of the tendon that attaches the kneecap to the ...