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Osgood-Schlatter Disease (Knee Pain). Osgood-Schlatter disease is a common cause of knee pain in growing adolescents. It is an inflammation of the area just below the knee where the tendon from the kneecap (patellar tendon) attaches to the shinbone (tibia).Osgood-Schlatter disease most often occurs during growth spurts, when bones, muscles, tendons, and other structures are changing rapidly.t is an inflammation of the area just below the knee where the tendon from the kneecap (patellar tendon) attaches to the shinbone (tibia). Osgood-Schlatter disease most often occurs during growth spurts, when bones, muscles, tendons, and other structures are changing rapidly.
Osgood-Schlatter disease is a chronic avulsion injury thought to result from repetitive microtrauma and traction on the tibial tubercle. Some believe the cause to be trauma to the patellar tendon at its insertion to the tibial tubercle (Fig 26) (29,30).