Suspecting lumbar spondylolysis in adolescent low back pain

Clinical Pediatrics

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 287-294

  Ralston, Shawn ^a   Weir, Michael ^a,b  

^a SCOTT AND WHITE MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ATHLETE; CASE REPORT; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; REVIEW; SCHOOL CHILD; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; SPINE SCINTISCANNING; SPONDYLOSIS;

EID: 0031949536     PISSN: 00099228     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/000992289803700502     Document Type: Review

References (19)

1. Micheli LJ, Wood R. Back pain in young athletes: significant differences from adults in causes and patterns. Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med. 1995;149:15-18.
2. Jackson DW, Wiltse LL, Dingeman RD, Hayes M. Stress reaction involving the pars interarticularis in young athletes. Am J Sports Med. 1981;9:304-312.
3. Mandell GA, Harcke HT. Scintigraphy of spinal disorders in adolescents: review. Skeletal Radiol. 1993;22:393-401.
4. Morita T, Ikata T, Katoh S, Miyake R. Lumbar spondylolysis in children and adolescents. J Bone Joint Surg [Br]. 1995;77:620-625.
5. Weir MR, Smith DS. Stress reaction of the pars interarticularis leading to spondylolysis: a cause of adolescent low back pain. J Adolesc Health Care. 1989;10:573-577.
6. Papanicolaou N, Wilkinson RH, Emans JB, et al. Bone scintigraphy and radiography in young athletes with low back pain. Am J Roentgenol. 1985;145:1039-1044.
7. Ciullo JV, Jackson DW. Pars interarticularis stress reaction, spondylolysis and spondylolisthesis in gymnasts. Clin Sports Med. 1985;4:95-110.
8. Kennedy K. Acute spondylolysis in an adolescent. Orthop Nurs. 1994;13:17-20.
9. Kraus H. Effect of lordosis on the stress in the lumbar spine. Clin Orthop. 1976;17:56-58.
10. Rosen PR, Micheli LJ, Treves S. Early scintigraphic diagnosis of bone, stress and fractures in athletic adolescents. Pediatrics. 1982;70:11-13.
11. Bellah RD, Summerville DA, Treves ST. Low-back pain in adolescent athletes: detection of stress injury of the pars interarticularis with SPECT. Radiology. 1991;180:509-512.
12. Bodner RJ, Heynan S, Drummond DS, Gregg JR. The use of single photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) in the diagnosis of low-back pain in young patients. Spine. 1988;13:1155-1160.
13. Read MT. Single photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) Scanning for adolescent back pain. A sine qua non? Br J Sports Med. 1994;28:56-57.
14. Littenberg B, Siegel A, Tosteson AN, Mead T. Clinical efficacy of SPECT bone imaging for low back pain. J Nucl Med. 1995;36:1707-1713.
15. Sty JR, Wells RC, Conway JJ. Spine pain in children: review. Sem Nucl Med. 1993;23:296-320.
16. Bradford DS. Spondylolysis and spondylolisthesis in children and adolescents: current concepts in management. In: The Pediatric Spine. New York: Theim;1985.
17. Yamane T, Yoshida T, Mimatsu K. Early diagnosis of lumbar spondylolysis by MRI. J Bone Joint Surg [Br]. 1993;75:764-768.
18. Daniel JN, Polly DW, Van Dam BE. A study of the efficacy of nonoperative treatment of presumed traumatic spondylolysis in a young patient population. Military Med. 1995;160:553-555.
19. Blanda J, Bethem D, Moats W, Lew M. Defects of pars interarticularis in athletes: a protocol for nonoperative treatment. J Spine Diaorders. 1993;6:406-411.