Incidence and etiology of lumbar spondylolysis: Review of the literature

Journal of Orthopaedic Science

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 281-288

  Sakai, Toshinori ^a   Sairyo, Koichi ^a   Suzue, Naoto ^a   Kosaka, Hirofumi ^a   Yasui, Natsuo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKUSHIMA   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ATHLETE; BASEBALL; CEREBRAL PALSY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ETHNICITY; FAMILIAL INCIDENCE; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; FOOTBALL; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC SCOLIOSIS; JAPAN; LUMBAR SPINE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCULT SPINAL DYSRAPHISM; OSTEOGENESIS IMPERFECTA; OSTEOPOROSIS; REVIEW; RUGBY; SCHEUERMANN DISEASE; SCIENTIFIC LITERATURE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEX RATIO; SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; SPONDYLOLYSIS; SPORT INJURY; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ATHLETIC INJURIES; CAUCASIAN; ETHNOLOGY; FRACTURES, STRESS; INCIDENCE; LUMBAR VERTEBRA; UNITED STATES;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; ATHLETIC INJURIES; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; FRACTURES, STRESS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; JAPAN; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; SPONDYLOLYSIS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77956470163     PISSN: 09492658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00776-010-1454-4     Document Type: Review

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