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I’m doing an ISP on sports injuries which effect preteens. I’m stuck, and I need one more. I need an injury which has(or can have) long-term effects on the individual. Any help would be greatly appreciated!
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fox
hey there,
there is typically no long term sequela to osgoods, in almost all cases it is a totally self limiting disease. As it is classified as apophysitis of the tibial tuberosity and for this reason it is impossible for this to continue into adult hood (as the epiphyseal plate closes by ~18 or earlier), therefor it can only occur in children and realistically should have no long term effects. If there is an avulsion fracture of the apophysis then this could be a different story, requiring surgery and long term effects dependant on rehab. the misnomer is however, that this even occurs… very rarely does this avulsion occur, xrays are commonly misinterpreted as having the avulsion, because this is how the growth plate typically looks at that age (mimics a fracture) hence there has been a misunderstanding that avulsion in osgoods is a common problem. The only time that treatment is needed for this is when gait is altered under non athletic conditions, otherwise, a good warm up, a chopat knee brace and ice after exercise would be treatment of choice.
hope that helps!
PVPrincess
have you tried talking to a sports orthapedist (sp)? They may be able to give some good insight about long tem effects. I had osgood schlatters and i healed up fine. I ended up fracturing the bone next to it, and the doctor was like, wow i have never seen it look like that before, its really bad. But it healed. I have also heard of adults having it too, maybe it never went away? Im not sure. I think your best bet is to talk to an orthopedist. good luck!
Oatmeal
Thanks. Osgood-Schlatters Disease was actually one the the conditions I was mainly focusing my paper on. I have tons of information, on it, however I can’t find anything on long-term effects. Any ideas? Or any ideas on where I could find information?
runnerchick
As PVPrincess said, a preteen’s bones grow faster than thier ligaments, which results in decreased flexibility and and, therefore, an increased risk of a sprain. In itself, spraining something may seem like a minor thing in the long run, but it really is more serious than it may seem, especially if the sprains are reoccurent. Once something is sprained it is looser and less flexible than before because of scar tissue build up, which increases the likelyhood of future sprains.
Hope this helps!
runnerchick
PVPrincess
The one that comes to mind is osgood schlatters disease. It is usually in the knees, and the tendon pulls away from the bone, causing a lump on the area, and is extremely painful. Im not sure if it has any long term effects, but i have heard of some people needing surgery on it becuase the tendon competely ripped off. It is usually caused by growing rapidly, and the bones grow faster than teh tendons.
hope this helps!