• Injection may be the best bet for young athletes' knee pain 

    Sakr, Mark; Mounsey, Anne L. (Family Physicians Inquiries Network, 2012)
    Consider giving dextrose/lidocaine injections to adolescents with Osgood-Schlatter disease (OSD) that persists despite physical therapy. Stength of recommendation: A: Based on one well-designed, randomized controlled trial (RCT).