Characteristics of Lumbar Pars Interarticularis and Pedicle Stress Injuries by Sport in 902 Pediatric and Adolescent Athletes: A Retrospective Study
Age at the time of diagnosis, duration of low back pain, single-sport specialization, and presence/absence of active spondylolysis on MRI at the time of diagnosis were primary predictors of whether an athlete's lumbar stress injury was classified as either upper or lower level involvement. Overall, the variables included in multivariate analysis were modest predictors, explaining only 15.1% of the variance in the rates of lumbosacral stress injuries classified by spinal level. These specific biomechanical factors and other potential contributors to these findings warrant further investigation.
Authors
- Sarah Willwerth (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6515-8050)
- Danielle L. Hunt
- Lyle Joseph Micheli (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0838-9332)
- Daniel Hedequist (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4067-5665)
- Michael J. O’Brien (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8036-0978)
- Peter K. Kriz
- Cynthia J. Stein
- Michael Beasley (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0007-1186-1489)
- John P. Kriz
- William P. Meehan
Institutions
- Boston Children's Hospital (US)
- Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (US)
- Harvard University (US)
- Vanderbilt University (US)
- Brown University (US)
- The Micheli Center for Sports Injury Prevention (US)
- University of Pennsylvania (US)
- Philadelphia University (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- The American Journal of Sports Medicine
- Published
- 2024-10-14
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1177/03635465241283054
- Citations
- 2
- Primary Topic
- Musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.90