Incidence of lumbar spondylolysis in the general population in Japan based on multidetector computed tomography scans from two thousand subjects

Spine

Volumn 34, Issue 21, 2009, Pages 2346-2350

  Sakai, Toshinori ^a   Sairyo, Koichi ^a   Takao, Shoichiro ^a   Nishitani, Hiromu ^b   Yasui, Natsuo ^a  

^a Department of Orthopedics ^*  (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKUSHIMA   (Japan)

Author keywords

Multiple level spondylolysis; Spina bifida occulta; Spondylolisthesis; Spondylolysis; Unilateral spondylolysis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; BACK; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; JAPAN; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBAR SPINE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; OCCULT SPINAL DYSRAPHISM; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINE DISEASE; SPONDYLOLISTHESIS; SPONDYLOLYSIS;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; JAPAN; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SPINA BIFIDA OCCULTA; SPONDYLOLISTHESIS; SPONDYLOLYSIS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70349802131     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: 15281159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BRS.0b013e3181b4abbe     Document Type: Article

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