Orthopaedic journal of sports medicine
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Orthop J Sports Med · Jul 2014
Assessment of Osgood-Schlatter Disease and the Skeletal Maturation of the Distal Attachment of the Patellar Tendon in Preadolescent Males.
Osgood-Schlatter disease (OSD) is a traction apophysitis of the tibial tuberosity. Ultrasonography (US) is able to detect pathologic changes, such as cartilage swelling and fragmentation of the tibial tubercle ossification center. ⋯ The present study showed that the HBD increased from stage A to stage E. The prevalence of OSD was highest in stage E.