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Most common overuse injury of the spine is a stress fracture through pars interarticularis. They are common in all sports with high reclination load to the lumbar spine, early onset of high training load and year-round sports without sufficient time for recovery. Insufficient healing of stress fracture or genetic predisposition may lead to spondylolysis and often spondylolisthesis. Diagnostic procedures include MRI and CT scan to define prognostic outcome and length of activity restriction.
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Schneider, C. (2020). Overuse Injuries of the Spine and Trunk. In: Krutsch, W., Mayr, H.O., Musahl, V., Della Villa, F., Tscholl, P.M., Jones, H. (eds) Injury and Health Risk Management in Sports. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-60752-7_27
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