Incidence of lumbar spondylolysis in the general population in Japan based on multidetector computed tomography scans from two thousand subjects

• Published in: Spine (Philadelphia, Pa. 1976) Vol. 34; no. 21; p. 2346
• Main Authors: Sakai, Toshinori, Sairyo, Koichi, Takao, Shoichiro, Nishitani, Hiromu, Yasui, Natsuo
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States 01.10.2009
• Subjects: Adult; Aged; Aged, 80 and over; Female; Humans; Incidence; Japan - epidemiology; Lumbar Vertebrae; Male; Middle Aged; Spina Bifida Occulta - complications; Spondylolisthesis - complications; Spondylolisthesis - epidemiology; Spondylolysis - complications; Spondylolysis - diagnostic imaging; Spondylolysis - epidemiology; Tomography, X-Ray Computed - methods; Young Adult

Epidemiological analysis using CTs. To investigate the true incidence of lumbar spondylolysis in the general population in Japan. Although there have been several reports on the incidence of lumbar spondylolysis, they had some weakness. One of them concerns the subjects investigated, because the inc...