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 ...

1 Research Unit for Exercise Science and Sports Medicine, UCT/MRC, PO Box 115, University of Cape Town, Newlands 7725, Cape Town, South Africa 2 University of Cape Town, Newlands, South Africa 3 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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, ...

Isthmic spondylolisthesis, or spondylolisthesis due to a lesion of the pars interarticularis, is a common source of pain and disability in both the pediatric and adult population. This review examines ...