Osgood-Schlatter disease
Paediatric

Orthopaedics

Useful Management Information

  • An Outpatient Physiotherapy Screening Clinic (OPSC) is available at Gold Coast Health. These children may be streamed for a first review
  • Assure parents the condition is self-limiting, and symptoms will resolve with skeletal maturity
  • Modify activities which increase pain, provide quadriceps stretching exercises
  • Treatment of anti-inflammatory response – rest, ice, pain relief
  • Osgood Schlatter is a traction apophysitis where there is pinpoint tenderness, and inflammation over the tibial tubercle, any deviation may not be Osgood Schlatter and warrant further investigation
  • If you have a reason to suspect a child in Queensland is experiencing harm, or is at risk of experiencing harm, you need to contact Child Safety Services
  • Statement of intent – the prioritisation of health services for children and young people in the child protection system

Minimum Referral Criteria

Does your patient meet the minimum referral criteria?
Category 1 (appointment within 30 calendar days)
  • A child currently in out of home care (OOHC) or at risk of entering or leaving OOHC, where they have previously been on a waiting list for this problem and were removed without receiving a service
Category 2 (appointment within 90 calendar days)
  • Increased pain associated with acute knee injury
Category 3 (appointment within 365 calendar days)
  • Symptoms not resolving with maximal conservative treatment
  • Symptoms persisting > 18 months
  • If the patient does not meet the criteria for referral but the referring practitioner believes the patient requires specialist review, a clinical override may be requested:
    • Please explain why (e.g. warning signs or symptoms, clinical modifiers, uncertain about diagnosis, etc.)
  • Please note that your referral may not be accepted or may be redirected to another service.

Essential Referral Information

  • Clinical history and examination including key points:
    • evolution and duration of symptoms
    • treatment prescribed (analgesics, physiotherapy)
    • current and past medical history and medications
  • X-Ray - used to rule out serious pathology e.g. neoplasm, acute tibial apophyseal fracture and infection
  • Confirmation of OOHC (where appropriate)

Additional Referral Information

  • No additional referral information
Last updated 2 December 2024

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Internal Referrals

Orthopaedics (E-Blueslips)
Orthopaedic Fracture - GCUH
Orthopaedic Fracture - Robina

Fax

(07) 5687 4497

Post


Gold Coast University Hospital
1 Hospital Boulevard
Southport QLD 4215

Enquiries

1300 559 083

Related HealthPathways

No directly related pathways found

Service Availability

Dr Will Talbot
Medical Director Orthopaedics

Facilities

Gold Coast University Hospital
Robina Hospital

If you would like to send a named referral, please address it to the specialist listed above, who will allocate a suitably qualified specialist to see the patient. Alternatively, you can view a full list of our specialists.

Child Safety

If you have a reason to suspect a child in Queensland is experiencing harm, or is at risk of experiencing harm, contact Department of Children, Youth Justice and Multicultural Services . Please consider if mandatory reporting applies.

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