Knee pain in young people: Less common causes must not be missed

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Knee pain in young people: Less common causes must not be missed

Steve Targett

Steve Targett

Kids playing football
Active adolescents are susceptible to developing knee conditions such as Osgood–Schlatter disease [Image: Lars bo Nielsen on Unsplash]

Sports physician Steve Targett discusses Osgood–Schlatter disease, Sinding-Larsen–Johansson syndrome, osteochondritis dissecans and slipped capital femoral epiphysis

Key points, Osgood–Schlatter disease and Sinding-Larsen–Johansson syndrome are treated by modifying activity according to symptoms. In osteochondritis dissecans, Pract Green w Pale Yellow