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Infrapatellar bursal injection with dextrose and saline are both effective treatments for Osgood–Schlatter disease. Letter to editor for: No superiority of dextrose injections over placebo injections for Osgood–Schlatter disease: a prospective randomized double‑blind study https://doi.org/10.1007/s00402-019-03297-2

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  1. Department of Family Medicine and Community Health, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, WI, USA

    David Rabago

  2. Private Practice Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, 4740 El Monte, Roeland Park, KS, 66205, USA

    Kenneth Dean Reeves

  3. Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, National University of Rosario, Rosario, Argentina

    Gastón Andrés Topol

  4. Department of Orthopaedics, National University of Rosario, Rosario, Argentina

    Leandro Ariel Podesta

  5. Department of Biomedical and Health Informatics, School of Medicine, University of Missouri-Kansas City, Kansas City, MO, USA

    An-Lin Cheng

  6. Department of Texas A&M, School of Medicine College Station, College Station, TX, USA

    Bradley D. Fullerton

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Rabago, D., Reeves, K.D., Topol, G.A. et al. Infrapatellar bursal injection with dextrose and saline are both effective treatments for Osgood–Schlatter disease. Letter to editor for: No superiority of dextrose injections over placebo injections for Osgood–Schlatter disease: a prospective randomized double‑blind study https://doi.org/10.1007/s00402-019-03297-2. Arch Orthop Trauma Surg 140, 591–592 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00402-020-03355-0

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