Is the Prognosis of Osgood-Schlatter Poorer Than Anticipated? A Prospective Cohort Study With 24-Month Follow-up.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Osgood-Schlatter disease (OSD), an apophyseal injury of the tibial tuberosity, affects up to 1 in 10 adolescents. This condition has previously been assumed to be innocuous and to self-resolve with limited intervention.

Purpose

To investigate the 24-month prognosis of OSD and examine if ultrasound (US) classification is associated with outcomes.

Study design

Case series; Level of evidence, 4.

Methods

This study included a preregistered prospective cohort of 51 adolescents (aged 10-14 years) diagnosed with OSD who were evaluated for 24 months. The primary outcome at 24-month follow-up was whether participants continued to experience OSD-related knee pain. Baseline US scans were collected and characterized by OSD type (De Flaviis classification) as wel

SUBMITTER: Holden S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8381442 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature