Considerable literature has been written on the utility of routine radiographs in evaluating patients with low back pain. While the utility of planar radiographs in adults with acute pain has been ...

Objective: To determine whether the location of spondylolysis in the lumbar spine of athletes differs with biomechanical factors. Methods: Single photon emission computerised tomography and reverse ...

Tsukuba, Japan—Lumbar spondylolysis is a fatigue fracture of the lumbar spine and one of the most common sports injuries that occur during adolescence. Prevention and early detection of lumbar ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Published results showed interlaminar percutaneous endoscopic pars decompression may be safe and successful ...

Direct screw repair of the pars interarticularis provides a minimally invasive option for the treatment of spondylolysis in adolescent athletes with satisfactory clinical and radiological outcomes, ...

Thanks to the lack of body movement brought about by the lockdowns of the Covid-19 days, when everyone was cooped up in their homes, children and teens have fallen prey to spondylolysis. At home ...