Age

Pain

Probable Diagnosis

Toddler

(<3 years)

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Toddler fracture, Foreign objects, Septic arthritis, Reactive arthritis, Transient synovitis, Osteomyelitis, Neuroblastoma.

DDH, Limb deficiency, Demyelinating neuropathy, Cerebral palsy, Muscular dystrophy, Spina bifida, Clubfoot, Arthrogryposis, Coxa vara, Hindfoot deformities.

Child

(3 - 10 years)

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Legg-Calvé-Perthes disease, Stress fractures, Kohler disease, Osgood-Schlatter disease, Transient synovitis, Osteomyelitis, Sever disease, Appendicitis, Psoas abscess, Reactive arthritis.

Osteochondrosis, Neuromuscular disorders, Leg-length discrepancy, Lyme disease, Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease, Equinus contracture, Idiopathic tight Achilles tendon.

Adolescent

(>10 years)

+

Slipped capital femoral epiphysis, Juvenile idiopathic arthritis, Overuse injury, Stress fractures, Osteochondritis dissecans, Legg-Calvé-Perthes disease, Reactive arthritis, Diskitis, Accessory navicular, Discoid meniscus, Chondromalacia patellae.

Tumors, Malignancies, Tarsal coalition, Ankylosis of the knee joint.