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. 2012 Feb;7(1):101-8.

Low back pain in a competitive cricket athlete

Justin Merlino  1 , Jack Perisa
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Low back pain in a competitive cricket athlete

Justin Merlino et al. Int J Sports Phys Ther. 2012 Feb.

Abstract

Physical therapists treating adolescent and young adult athletes with low back pain complaints should have a high level of clinical suspicion of the possibility for spondylolysis, spondylolisthesis, or developing stress reactions of the pars interarticularis. This case outlines the use of conventional radiography, computerized tomography, and Single photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) in the differential diagnosis for an adolescent cricket athlete with low back pain.

Keywords: diagnostic imaging; differential diagnosis; low back pain.

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Figure 1.
Figure 1.
Example of the bowling action by a professional athlete, midrange throughout the movement. Note: This is not the athlete described in this case. (Downloaded from http://icc-cricket.yahoo.net/photogallery.php?gallId=1387).
Figure 2.
Figure 2.
Example of the bowling action by a professional athlete, in follow-through phase. (Downloaded from http://icc-cricket.yahoo.net/photogallery.php?gallId=1389).
Figure 3.
Figure 3.
Standard radiographs of the lumbar spine of this athlete, a) lateral view, b) lateral oblique view.
Figure 4.
Figure 4.
Computerized Tomography of the lumbar spine of this athlete, a) axial view, b) sagittal view.
Figure 5.
Figure 5.
SPECT Images; note darker areas, indicative of increased uptake of the radioisotope at the posterior elements of L4-5.
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