Spondylolysis: A review and reappraisal

Hippokratia

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 17-21

  Syrmou, Efstratia ^a   Tsitsopoulos, P P ^a   Marinopoulos, D ^a   Tsonidis, C ^a   Anagnostopoulos, I ^a   Tsitsopoulos, P D ^a  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

Low back pain; Pars interarticularis; Spine; Spondylolisthesis; Spondylolysis

Indexed keywords

ATHLETE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE EXACERBATION; HUMAN; LOW BACK PAIN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; SPONDYLOLYSIS; STRESS FRACTURE; SYMPTOM; TREATMENT INDICATION; VERTEBRA;

EID: 75449115948     PISSN: 11084189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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