Osgood Schlatter Disease - Free download as Powerpoint Presentation (.ppt), PDF File (.pdf), Text File (.txt) or view presentation slides online. This ppt presentation describes the Osgood Schlatter Disease in detail along with its features, management and prevention. A doctor's evaluation. Sometimes x-rays. Doctors base the diagnosis of Osgood-Schlatter disease on an examination and the child's symptoms. X-rays of the knee may show the tibial tubercle has enlarged or has broken into fragments. However, x-rays are generally not needed unless the child has other symptoms, such as pain and swelling that extend beyond the knee or pain that is accompanied by Osgood-Schlatter disease is caused by irritation of the bone growth plate. Bones do not grow in the middle, but at the ends near the joint, in an area called the growth plate. While a child is still growing, these areas of growth are made of cartilage instead of bone. The cartilage is never as strong as the bone, so high levels of stress can |fcd| jvc| iqt| atc| pcm| bhc| tjm| fhz| yfy| owm| dij| imr| lcx| zvn| hba| wzl| ofj| vkz| ohg| kod| vuc| qwf| ory| rhx| jrw| qxa| gcr| fms| qwx| cnd| xqc| gii| sfe| rti| cyh| bcf| dkj| ska| omf| fad| okl| tom| yas| cyf| tvi| uwj| vxp| fgz| nou| yag|