O. Lundin et al., Back pain and radiological changes in the thoraco-lumbar spine of athletes. A long-term follow-up, SC J MED SC, 11(2), 2001, pp. 103-109
Citations number
43
Categorie Soggetti
Ortopedics, Rehabilitation & Sport Medicine
Journal title
SCANDINAVIAN JOURNAL OF MEDICINE & SCIENCE IN SPORTS
From 1996 to 1999, back pain and radiological changes in the thoraco-lumbar
spine were investigated in 134 former top athletes, representing wrestling
, gymnastics, soccer and tennis (age 27-39 years) and a group of 28 non-ath
letes of comparable age. This is a long-term follow-up investigation of a p
revious radiological study of the spine with clinical correlation. Despite
significantly more radiological abnormalities among the athletes, they did
not report higher frequency of back pain than the non-athletes. A decrease
in disc height or new disc height reduction in one or more of the intervert
ebral discs between the two examinations correlated significantly with back
pain at follow-up.