Osteochondrosis Health Dictionary

The form of OSTEOCHONDROSIS involving the tibial tubercle – the growing point of the TIBIA. It occurs around PUBERTY, mainly in boys, and ?rst manifests itself by a painful swelling over the tibial tubercle at the upper end of the tibia. The pain is worst during and after exercise. A limp with increasing limitation of movement of the knee-joint develops. The disease usually clears up without treatment. If pain is troublesome, physiotherapy or immobilisation of the knee-joint in a plaster cast for up to eight weeks may be necessary.... osgood-schlatter’s disease

(osteochondrosis) n. any one of a group of conditions affecting areas of growth at the *epiphyses and *apophyses of bones before skeletal maturity. Symptoms of localized pain and swelling are most common during periods of rapid growth in early adolescence. There are three types of osteochondritis: crushing (see Köhler’s disease; Kienböck’s disease; Legg-Calvé-Perthes disease; Scheuermann’s disease); splitting (see osteochondritis dissecans); and pulling (see Osgood-Schlatter disease; Sever’s disease).... osteochondritis