BMJ Open Sport & Exercise Medicine

Incidence and risk factors of spondylolysis in youth football: a longitudinal study among male Norwegian players

Objectives Spondylolysis is a common source of low back pain (LBP) among adolescent athletes. We aimed to investigate the ...
Healio

Robotic-assisted pars repair may be safe, effective for spondylolysis treatment

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Most adolescent athletes who underwent robotic-assisted pars repair returned to the same or higher level of ...
Healio

Endoscopic procedure may be safe, successful treatment for lumbar spondylolysis

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Published results showed interlaminar percutaneous endoscopic pars decompression may be safe and successful ...
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 ...