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Doença de Osgood-Schlatter

Last reviewed: 1 Feb 2026
Last updated: 07 Mar 2023

Summary

Definition

History and exam

Key diagnostic factors

  • presença de fatores de risco
  • dor na tuberosidade tibial
  • sensibilidade localizada
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Other diagnostic factors

  • limitação da atividade
  • edema localizado
  • calor localizado
  • proeminência da tuberosidade tibial
  • dor na tuberosidade com extensão do joelho contra resistência
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Risk factors

  • homens adolescentes
  • participação em atividades atléticas
  • história de doença de Osgood-Schlatter no joelho contralateral
  • posição elevada da patela (patela alta)
  • inserção tibial mais ampla/mais proximal do tendão patelar
  • aumento da torção tibial externa
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Diagnostic tests

1st tests to order

  • radiografias simples
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Tests to consider

  • ultrassonografia
  • RNM
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Treatment algorithm

ACUTE

estágio inicial

ONGOING

progressivo ou estágio avançado

persistência da dor no final da adolescência ou na fase adulta

Contributors

Authors

Alexander Golant, MD
Alexander Golant

Attending Physician

Department of Orthopaedics and Rehabilitation

New York-Presbyterian-Queens

Flushing

Assistant Professor of Clinical Orthopaedic Surgery

Weill Medical College of Cornell University

New York

NY

Disclosures

AG declares that he has no competing interests.

Jeffrey Rosen, MD

Chairman

Department of Orthopaedics and Rehabilitation

New York-Presbyterian-Queens

Flushing

Associate Professor of Clinical Orthopaedic Surgery

Weill Medical College of Cornell University

New York

NY

Disclosures

JR is an author of a reference cited in this topic.

Acknowledgements

Dr Jeffrey Rosen and Dr Alexander Golant would like to gratefully acknowledge the assistance of Jonathan Naysan. JN declares that he has no competing interests.

Peer reviewers

Paul M. Sethi, MD

Orthopedic Surgeon

Orthopedic and Neurosurgery Specialists PC

Greenwich

CT

Disclosures

PMS declares that he has no competing interests.

Andreas Roposch, MD, MSc, FRCS

Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon

Reader in Clinical Epidemiology and Surgery

UCL Institute of Child Health and Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Trust

London

UK

Disclosures

AR declares that he has no competing interests.

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Key articles

Gholve PA, Scher DM, Khakharia S, et al. Osgood Schlatter syndrome. Curr Opin Pediatr. 2007;19:44-50. Abstract

Pihlajamäki HK, Mattila VM, Parviainen M, et al. Long-term outcome of surgical treatment of unresolved Osgood-Schlatter disease in young men. J Bone Joint Surg Am. 2009;91:2350-2358. Abstract

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