1. Characteristics of low back pain in adolescent patients with early-stage spondylolysis evaluated using a detailed visual analogue scale
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Takane Suzuki, Shiro Sugiura, Satoru Nishikawa, Yuka Takata, Yukio Matsushita, Yasuko Nakanishi, Kazuhisa Kitoh, Yasutaka Omori, Tetsuo Shiga, Sakaida Chikako, Yasuchika Aoki, Ayako Kote, Akito Takata, Yasumi Kiguchi, Emi Aikawa, Kazumi Otsuki, Kazuhisa Takahashi, Tohru Ishizaki, Takato Oyama, Takeshi Toyooka, and Chisato Mori
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Male ,medicine.medical_specialty ,Adolescent ,Visual Analog Scale ,Visual analogue scale ,Movement ,Posture ,Spondylolysis ,Sitting ,Disability Evaluation ,Medicine ,Humans ,Orthopedics and Sports Medicine ,Child ,Pain Measurement ,Retrospective Studies ,medicine.diagnostic_test ,business.industry ,Retrospective cohort study ,Magnetic resonance imaging ,medicine.disease ,Low back pain ,Acute Pain ,Magnetic Resonance Imaging ,Oswestry Disability Index ,Physical therapy ,Female ,Neurology (clinical) ,medicine.symptom ,business ,Low Back Pain ,Cohort study - Abstract
STUDY DESIGN Retrospective comparative cohort study. OBJECTIVE To elucidate the characteristics of low back pain (LBP) in adolescent patients with early-stage spondylolysis (ESS). SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA ESS is a common cause of acute LBP in adolescents. When treating patients with ESS, early diagnosis is important; however, early diagnosis is difficult without magnetic resonance imaging. METHODS Adolescent patients (n = 77) with acute LBP showing no pathological findings on plain radiography were included (
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- 2014