Medical Xpress

Investigating laterality of lumbar spondylolysis in adolescent baseball players

Lumbar spondylolysis is a fatigue fracture of the lumbar spine and one of the most common sports injuries that occur during adolescence. Prevention and early detection of lumbar spondylolysis are ...
Nature

Spondylolysis Management in Athletic Populations

Spondylolysis, defined as a stress fracture of the pars interarticularis in the lumbar spine, predominates in adolescent and young adult athletes engaged in sports that impose repetitive lumbar ...
Business Wire

HSS Researchers Report Benefits of Robotic-Assisted Spine Surgery for Adolescent Athletes with Back Pain Due to Pars Fractures

DENVER--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Spine surgeons at Hospital for Special Surgery (HSS) reported promising findings for adolescent athletes suffering from pars fracture, a common cause of adolescent back pain ...
BMJ

Immediate physical therapy is beneficial for adolescent athletes with active lumbar spondylolysis: a multicentre randomised trial

Objectives To compare the effects of initiating physical therapy (PT) immediately versus resting before starting PT on pain and dysfunction over 12 months in adolescent athletes (10–19 years) with ...