Pars interarticularis stress lesions in the lumbar spine of cricket fast bowlers

Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 28-33

  Engstrom, Craig M ^a   Walker, Duncan G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Adolescent athletes; Lumbar vertebrae; MRI; Prospective study; Spondylolysis; Stress fractures

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BOWLING; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICAL BONE; FISHER EXACT TEST; HUMAN; LUMBAR SPINE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUSCULOSKELETAL INJURY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARS INTERARTICULARIS STRESS LESION; SPINE INJURY; STRESS FRACTURE; SWIMMING;

ADOLESCENT; ATHLETIC INJURIES; FRACTURES, STRESS; HUMANS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUEENSLAND; SPONDYLOLYSIS;

EID: 33846218137     PISSN: 01959131     EISSN: 15300315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1249/01.mss.0000241642.82725.ac     Document Type: Article

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