Newly occurred L4 spondylolysis in the lumbar spine with pre-existence L5 spondylolysis among sports players: Case reports and biomechanical analysis

Archives of Orthopaedic and Trauma Surgery

Volumn 129, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1433-1439

  Sairyo, Koichi ^a   Sakai, Toshinori ^a   Yasui, Natsuo ^a   Kiapour, Ali ^b   Biyani, Ashok ^b   Ebraheim, Nabil ^b   Goel, Vijay K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKUSHIMA   (Japan)

^b MEDICAL COLLEGE OF OHIO   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomechanics; Mechanical stress; Multi level spondylolysis; Sports players

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; BIOMECHANICS; BRACE; CASE REPORT; CHILD; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; HUMAN; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBAR SPINE; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDARTHROSIS; SIMULATION; SPONDYLOLYSIS; STRESS STRAIN RELATIONSHIP; TRUNK BRACE;

ADOLESCENT; ATHLETIC INJURIES; BIOMECHANICS; CHILD; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; HUMANS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; SPONDYLOLYSIS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 69249227501     PISSN: 09368051     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00402-008-0795-3     Document Type: Article

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