What it is
Injury to the physis in children and adolescents, which may be weaker than surrounding ligaments and requires medical assessment.
Typical clinical symptoms
- Pain and swelling near the end of a bone
- Focal tenderness after trauma
- Limping or refusal to use the limb
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Scientific literature
External publications selected for this topic. Their scope may cover a specific condition, population or intervention within this topic; they do not constitute an individual treatment plan.
Growth plate injury in children: Review of literature on PubMed.
Literature review · 2022
Sports Injuries
When is medical assessment needed?
Deformity or an open wound after trauma, immediate loss of function, disproportionate pain with a tense segment, neurological weakness, worsening symptoms after a head impact, collapse during exertion, confusion in heat and very dark urine after exercise require emergency assessment.
Descriptions are for orientation. Diagnosis follows history, clinical examination and, only when indicated, imaging or laboratory tests.
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