Open AccessPars Interarticularis Stress Lesions in the Lumbar Spine of Cricket Fast Bowlers
Author(s) -
Craig Engstrom,
Duncan Walker
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
medicine and science in sports and exercise
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.703
H-Index - 224
eISSN - 1530-0315
pISSN - 0195-9131
DOI - 10.1249/01.mss.0000241642.82725.ac
Subject(s) - pars interarticularis , spondylolysis , medicine , lumbar , stress fractures , lumbar spine , magnetic resonance imaging , cricket , surgery , radiology , ecology , spondylolisthesis , biology
This prospective magnetic resonance (MR) imaging study investigated the development of symptomatic pars lesions in the lumbar spine of adolescent cricket fast bowlers.