徳島大学 教育・研究者情報データベース(EDB)

1. (英) Nitta Akihiro

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2. 酒井 紀典([徳島大学.病院.中央診療施設等.高度先進整形外科診療部])

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3. 合田 有一郎

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4. 髙田 洋一郎

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5. 東野 恒作

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6. (英) Sakamaki Tadanori

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7. 西良 浩一([徳島大学.大学院医歯薬学研究部.医学域.医科学部門.外科系.運動機能外科学])

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(英) Prevalence of Symptomatic Lumbar Spondylolysis in Pediatric Patients.

(英) Lumbar spondylolysis, a stress fracture of the pars interarticularis, is prevalent in adolescent athletes. Recent advances in diagnostic tools and techniques enable early diagnosis before these fractures progress to complete fractures through the pars. However, because patients often consult family physicians for primary care of low back pain and these physicians may not have access to diagnostic modalities such as magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and computed tomography, stress fractures can be missed. This study surveyed the prevalence of symptomatic spondylolysis in pediatric patients who consulted an orthopedic clinic for primary care and investigated whether such acute stress fractures may be overlooked without MRI. The prospective study investigated 264 patients who were younger than 19 years and had low back pain. Of the 153 patients (58.0%) with low back pain persisting for longer than 2 weeks, 136 who agreed to undergo MRI were included in the study. This group included 11 elementary school students, 71 junior high school students, and 54 high school students. The overall prevalence of lumbar spondylolysis was 39.7% (54 of 136) and was 9.3% in elementary school students (5 of 11, 45.5%), 59.3% in junior high school students (32 of 71, 45.1%), and 31.5% in high school students (17 of 54, 31.5%). All 54 patients with spondylolysis had a history of athletic activity. Primary care physicians should recognize that approximately 40% of pediatric patients presenting with low back pain persisting for longer than 2 weeks may have spondylolysis and should consider MRI in those with a history of athletic activity. Because the spine is immature in this age group, almost half of affected elementary school and junior high school students may have lumbar spondylolysis. [Orthopedics.].

1. (英) PublicationType: JOURNAL ARTICLE