Hello and welcome to the Zero to Finals podcast.

My name is Tom and in this episode I'm going to be talking to you about Osgood Schlatter's disease.

And if you want to follow along with written notes on this topic,

you can follow along at zero definals.com slash Osgood Schlatters

or in the orthopedic section of the zero definals pediatrics book.

So let's get straight into it.

Osgood Schlatter disease is caused by inflammation at the tibial tuberosity where the

patella ligament inserts.

It's a common cause of anterior knee pain in adolescence.

The disease typically occurs in patients aged

10 to 15 years and is more common in males. Osgood-slatter disease is usually unilateral,

but it can also be bilateral. Let's talk about the path of physiology. The patella tendon inserts

into the tibial tuberosity. The tibial

is at the epiphyseal plate or the growth plate. Stress from running, jumping and other

movements at the same time as growth in the epiphygial plate results in inflammation on the

tibial epiphygial plate results in inflammation on the tibial epiphygial plate.

There are multiple small evulsion fractures where the patella ligament pulls away

tiny pieces of the bone from the tippial epiphygial plate.

This leads to growth of the tibial tuberosity causing a visible lump just below the knee.

Initially, this lump is tender due to the inflammation, but over time the bone heals and the

inflammation settles and it becomes a hard and non-tender lump.

So how does it present?

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