CCSP CCSP Pediatric & Adolescent Sports Medicine Questions and Answers

Question 1

Which growth plate region is most vulnerable to injury in skeletally immature athletes and should be assessed before assuming ligamentous sprain?

Accepted Answer

Physeal (epiphyseal growth plate)

Answer

Periosteum

Answer

Articular cartilage

Answer

Synovial membrane

Question 2

Little Leaguer's shoulder is a stress injury affecting which structure in youth baseball pitchers?

Accepted Answer

Proximal humeral physis

Answer

Acromioclavicular joint

Answer

Glenohumeral labrum

Answer

Rotator cuff tendons

Question 3

Osgood-Schlatter disease involves traction apophysitis at which anatomical site?

Accepted Answer

Tibial tubercle apophysis

Answer

Inferior patellar pole

Answer

Proximal fibular epiphysis

Answer

Distal femoral physis

Question 4

The Salter-Harris classification is used to describe fractures involving the:

Accepted Answer

Growth plate (physis) in children

Answer

Adult vertebral endplate

Answer

Articular cartilage in adults

Answer

Cortical bone diaphysis

Question 5

Which condition describes painful hip caused by femoral head slipping off the femoral neck, most common in overweight adolescent males?

Accepted Answer

Slipped capital femoral epiphysis (SCFE)

Answer

Legg-Calvé-Perthes disease

Answer

Hip dysplasia

Answer

Transient synovitis

Question 6

A 14-year-old gymnast presents with low back pain that worsens with extension. The most likely diagnosis is:

Accepted Answer

Spondylolysis (pars interarticularis stress fracture)

Answer

Lumbar disc herniation

Answer

Sacroiliac joint dysfunction

Answer

Ankylosing spondylitis