Lumbar spine spondylolysis in the adult population: Using computed tomography to evaluate the possibility of adult onset lumbar spondylosis as a cause of back pain

Skeletal Radiology

Volumn 39, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 669-673

  Brooks, Benjamin K ^a   Southam, Samuel L ^a   Mlady, Gary W ^a   Logan, Jeremy ^a   Rosett, Matthew ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Computed tomography; Pars interarticularis defect; Spondylolisthesis; Spondylolysis

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL RADIOGRAPHY; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACKACHE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; LUMBAR SPINE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ONSET AGE; PELVIS RADIOGRAPHY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOLOGIST; RESIDENT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEX RATIO; SPONDYLOLYSIS; SYMPTOM; COMORBIDITY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; INCIDENCE; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBAR VERTEBRA; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOGRAPHY; REPRODUCIBILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPONDYLOSIS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGED; CAUSALITY; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW MEXICO; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPONDYLOSIS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 77955553253     PISSN: 03642348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00256-009-0825-4     Document Type: Article

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