Physical therapy management of patients with osteochondritis dissecans: a comprehensive review.
Physical therapy management of osteochondritis dissecans can incorporate a full spectrum of conservative, nonoperative, and postoperative care. Rehabilitation interventions can vary based on factors such as the lesion characteristics, lesion location, articular cartilage involvement, skeletal maturity of the patient, presenting impairments at the time of evaluation, and concomitant injury. It is the responsibility of the rehabilitation professional to address all corresponding factors and mindfully advance the patient with a systematic and evidence-based progression to protect healing tissue and optimize outcome.
Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, 3333 Burnet Avenue, MLC 10001, Cincinnati, OH 45229, USA; Division of Sports Medicine, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, 3333 Burnet Avenue, Cincinnati, OH 45229, USA; Division of Occupational Therapy and Physical Therapy, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, 3333 Burnet Avenue, Cincinnati, OH, USA; Department of Pediatrics, College of Medicine, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH, USA. Electronic address: mark.paterno@cchmc.org.
Mark V
MV
Paterno
Connecticut Children's Medical Center, Department of Physical Therapy, Division of Sports Medicine, Hartford, CT 06106, USA; Department of Rehabilitation Sciences, College of Education, Nursing, and Health Professionals, University of Hartford, West Hartford, CT 06117, USA.
Tricia R
TR
Prokop
Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, 3333 Burnet Avenue, MLC 10001, Cincinnati, OH 45229, USA; Division of Sports Medicine, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, 3333 Burnet Avenue, Cincinnati, OH 45229, USA; Division of Physical Therapy, School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 43210, USA.
Laura C
LC
Schmitt
D006801:Humans; D010008:Osteochondritis Dissecans / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D026741:Physical Therapy Modalities
Non-operative management; Osteochondritis dissecans; Post-operative management; Rehabilitation; Return to activity