4.1 - Growth‑Related Injury Profiles
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Practice Questions
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What is Osgood-Schlatter disease?
💡 Hint: Think of pain localized in the knee during activity.
What occurs in Sever's disease?
💡 Hint: Consider where the Achilles tendon attaches.
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What is the primary difference between overuse and traumatic injuries?
💡 Hint: Consider how each injury type manifests.
True or False: Sever's disease affects the knee.
💡 Hint: Recall which parts of the body are impacted by each condition.
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Challenge Problems
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A young athlete presents with knee pain after a basketball tournament. Create a decision-making process flowchart for evaluating their condition, incorporating elements like observation, symptom assessment, and referral determination.
💡 Hint: Use different branches to represent varying severity degrees.
Discuss the implications of chronically high training loads on adolescents’ growth plates. How would you develop a prevention strategy to mitigate overuse injuries?
💡 Hint: Think about how rest and recovery balance the load during training.
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