Low Back Pain in Teen Athletes

Aka: Low Back Pain in Teen Athletes, Adolescent Back Pain

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II. Etiologies (differ from adult causes of Low Back Pain)

  1. Most common causes
    1. Spondylolysis (47%)
    2. Stress Fracture
    3. Hyperlordosis predisposing to mechanical back pain
  2. Less common causes (contrast with adults)
    1. Lumbar Disc Disease (11%)
    2. Lumbosacral sprain (6%)

III. References

  1. King (1999) Orthop Clin North Am 30(3):467-74 [PubMed]
  2. Micheli (1995) Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med 149:15-8 [PubMed]

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