Spondylolysis and spondylolisthesis in the athlete

Sports Medicine and Arthroscopy Review

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 32-38

  Tallarico, Richard A ^a   Madom, Ian A ^b   Palumbo, Mark A ^b  

^a State University of New York Upstate Medical University: College of Medicine   (United States)

^b BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Athlete; Hyperextension injuries; Isthmic defect; Pars fracture; Slip; Spondylolisthesis; Spondylolysis

Indexed keywords

ATHLETE; BONE RADIOGRAPHY; BRACE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DISEASE SEVERITY; HUMAN; LOW BACK PAIN; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANGE OF MOTION; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; SPINE SURGERY; SPONDYLOLISTHESIS; SPONDYLOLYSIS; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SYMPTOM; TRAINING; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ATHLETIC INJURIES; BRACES; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; RISK FACTORS; SPONDYLOLISTHESIS; SPONDYLOLYSIS;

EID: 39149112208     PISSN: 10628592     EISSN: 15381951     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/JSA.0b013e318163be50     Document Type: Review

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