SM 251a, 252a - Peds MSK, Peds/Adult Sports Med Flashcards
What is Sever disease?
Describe the presentation
Inflammation of the calcaneal aphophysis
The “childhood version of achilles tendinopaty/plantar fasciitis”
Children are more likely to have bone issues than tendon issues
- Insidious onset
- Worse with activity
- No mechanical symptoms
- May have mild weakenss with ankle dorsiflexion
- Tendernes with medial/lateral heel compresion
- Most common in children 8-11
Describe the structure of a tendon
Water
Collagen Type I
Which Salter-Harris fractures are most likely to affect bone growth?
III, IV, V
Anything that involves teh epiphysial side of the growth plate (III, IV), or crushes the growth plate (V)

What is the Salter-Harris classification of this fracture?

Salter-Harris 1
Growth plate is a bit wider than it should be
Why do tendons heal poorly comparted to muscle?
Less oxygen consumption (=> less metabolic activity/ cell turnover)
What is Sinding-Larsen-Johansson Syndrome?
What is the management?
Irritation fo the accessory growth area (apophysis) of the inferior patella
- Rest if it hurts
- Play if it feels okay
- Stretching and strengthening can help
- Patellar strap
What causes Achilles Tendinopathy?
Non-inflammatory intra-tendinous collagen type I degradation
What causes Osgood-Schlatter?
Describe the presentation and treatment
Tibial tubercle (apophysis) separates from the rest of the tibia
- Months of anterior knee pain
- Especially after activity
- Bump on tibial tubercle
- Treatment
- Activity modification, ice, NSAIDs
- Patellar strap
- Physical therapy for stretching/strengthening
- Consider immobilization
(via damage/tear in hyaline cartilage)

What is an apophysis?
Accessory growth plate
- Makes the bone wider, not longer
- Attachment points of muscles
Describe these fractures

Incomplete fracture of the radius (Greenstick fracture)
Complete fracture of the ulna
Rehabilitation after an ankle sprain is important because
- Most people do not exercise so at least they should have strengthening exercises for the ankle
- Exercise will maximize healing of the sprained ligament
- It will decrease chance of experiencing another sprain at the same ankle
- Tendons are usually injured with an ankle sprain and need to be strengthened before returning to fitness and sport activities
c. It will decrease chance of experiencing another sprain at the same ankle
Where in the tendon is achilles tendinopathy most common?
Mid-portion

What are the pathologic features of Achilles tendinopathy?
Fiber disorientation and thinning
Scattered vascular ingrowth (neovascularization)
Gray-brown, amorphous

Describe the stages of muscle strain healing
- Stage 1 - Inflammatory phase
- Neutrophils
- Proinflammatory cytokines
- Removal of necrotic material, initiation of angiogenesis
- Stage 2 - Proliferative phase
- Infiltration of myocytes
- Fibroblasts produce collagen (TIII), GAGs, elastin
- Stage 3 - Remodeling phase
- Collagen remodeling
- Consolidation, maturation
Why should Slipped Capital Femoral Epiphysis (SCFE) be treated immediately?
Treatment = immediate surgical fixation
Goal is to avoid complications
- Avascular necrosis of the hip
- SCFE of the other hip (always check for both at presentation)
In a long bone, where will you find the primary ossification center?
Where will you find the secondary ossifcation center?
- Primary ossificaiton center
- Starts in the shaft of the long bone
- Secondary ossification center
- In the epiphysis of long bones
What is the treatment for a muscle strain?
- Rest (4-7 days)
- Ice
- Compression
- Elevation
Most recover after significant sequelae

What is a muscle strain? What causes it?
Intrinsic injury to the muscle
Due to excessive intrinsic tensile force, usually occurs at myotendinous junction
How would you describe this fracture?

Salter Harris II fracture of the distal radius
Transverse fracture of the ulna
What is the Salter-Harris classification of this fracture?

Salter-Harris IV
Fracture through the metaphysis, physis, and epiphysis. Extends into the joint
What are the risk factors of slipped capital femoral epiphysis?
- M > F
- Obesity
- Endocrine dysfunction

What is the role of rehabilitation in treating an ankle sprain?
Redues risk of future sprain after first sprain
(But does not prevent 1st sprain)
Which muscles are most likely to be strained?
Muscles that span two joints
- Hamstrings (Knee and hip)
- Rectus femoris (Knee and hip)
- Gastrocnemius (Knee and ankle)
Patients with Achilles tendinopathy often have pain that is worst with
a. Sitting
b. Running
c. Walking
d. Lying down
b. Running










