Quantitative assessment with SPECT imaging of stress injuries of the pars interarticularis and response to bracing

Journal of Pediatric Orthopaedics

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 28-33

  Anderson, Kyle ^b   Sarwark, John F ^a,b   Conway, James J ^b   Logue, E Scott ^b   Schafer, Michael F ^b  

^a CHILDREN'S MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bone scan SPECT scan; Pars interarticularis; Spondylolysis; Stress injury

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BONE RADIOGRAPHY; BONE SCINTISCANNING; BONE STRESS; BRACE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; IMMOBILIZATION; MALE; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE DIAGNOSIS; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; SPONDYLOLYSIS; SPORT;

ADOLESCENT; BRACES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FRACTURES, STRESS; HUMANS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPINAL INJURIES; SPINAL OSTEOPHYTOSIS; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED, SINGLE-PHOTON;

EID: 0033957861     PISSN: 02716798     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004694-200001000-00007     Document Type: Article

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