As you can see, Osgood Schlatter’s is a tricky condition that occurs in exactly the wrong patient, ie a patient who does not want to rest for any meaningful period of time.

DEAR DR. GOTT: I wonder why you didn't mention Osgood-Schlatter disease in your column about growing pains. Our son, who is now 38, had this condition when he was 12 and had to have both legs (one ...

As so often happens, the syndrome was described independently by two surgeons: Robert Osgood (1873-1956), an American orthopedic surgeon, and Carl Schlatter (1864-1934), a Swiss surgeon.

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 ...