Inter-Disciplinary Conservative Management of Bilateral Non-United Lumbar Pars Defects in a Junior Elite Golfer

• Main Authors: Simon L Brearley (Author), Orlaith Buckley (Author), Patrick Gillham (Author), Bryan Clements (Author), Daniel Coughlan (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: North American Sports Medicine Institute, 2021-02-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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The prevalence of spondylolysis amongst adolescent athletes presenting with low back pain has been reported as high as 47-55%. Youth athletes participating in sports involving movements combining compression, extension and rotation appear most susceptible. As such, young golfers are a high-risk grou...